another ILMer joins the site

[richardbluff]

http://www.richardbluff.com/features/body_hid2.jpg
http://www.richardbluff.com/site/Images/body_hanger-1.png
I thought I'd contribute to this great matte painting resource... nice to see so many ILM digimatte peers listed. Image posted is a piece I worked on for Hidalgo.

[stevenbray1]

Can we get a Before and After? Looks great!

[homer]

Great Work Richard,
Which part is matte painting?
Is it only the ship?

[rrische]

Ah Jeez....Bluff's here??? There go the property values.... :lol:

[kaz]

Great to see industry pro's here not only to share but to talk and help us rookies on filmmaking and this wonderful world of mattepainting and compsiting. I like to say welcome and thank you for not forgeting about us wannabes. I would love for this website to have a chat section to talk more live with all of the great wonderful ppl in here.

[jThorngren]

Ah, so this is where you hide out at night, rich? Good to see you mate :P

[summerhouse]

Hi Richard,

Very good work ! I like the feeling !!
I'am working on an 'oriental project ' and i like your atmosphere.
Very good ! It's very interesting to see your matte work.

Thanks for your work ! :D

Summerhouse

[Horg]

There's not much else to say other than... good job partner! :mrgreen:

[Novalism]

yeah its nice to have these pro's arround :)

stunning image
what an atmposhere and compostion ! :shock:

[Ross Forster]

Can we get a Before and After? Looks great!

Yeah, some sort of shot breakdown would be good to see. It looks pretty spectacular.

Welcome...

[Aedilhum]

Welcome Richard.
Looks great to me! :D thanks for posting.

...and yes, a breakdown would be great.

[richardbluff]

thanks for all of your comments. I'd like to show a shot breakdown but the assets haven't been released publicaly from ILM and therefore probably wont.

[cstoski]

Hey Richard,

Long time no see my friend! Nice job.

So I know we can't see the breakdown assets, but can you explain what parts were painted, what parts were plate and what was still photography?

[B. Kachel]

Great work richard, just checked out your site, excellent. Hope to see more.

-Brandon Kachel

[P.Nagle]

awsome stuff man, i hope to see more of your work soon!

Your site is very cool.

cheers.

Pat Nagle

[miss julie]

Hey everybody. For you ILMers I'm up at Licensing but learning digimatte. So loving it. Just getting started.

So since you all are the experts I'm gonna pick your brains. In terms of this painting, specifically about the lighting, who decides the actual lighting because the background guys seem as though they would have darker shadows similar to the foreground fellows, and if you track the line of the light past the wall, the shadow would cover a lot more than is represented. Was the decision made to lighten background elements to have a contrast with the darker foreground camel riding folk?

Let me say again how nice this piece is. I'm just interested in the choices made in doing the paintings to enhance the scene.

Any info would be enlightening while I am starting this new process.

Just checked out your site too. Very cool!

Julie :P

[lens 3000]

im not sure what shadows youre talking about but diferent shapes cast diferent sizes. as for the shadow being lighter in the distance, thats normal. if you look at shadows in a mountain near by, the shadows are dark, but the distant ones look hazy and a little blue-ish. its atmospheric perspective, a spatial indicator :oops: :?

[Riddick]

Nice Matte!
As the others, it is good to see you here!
Welcome!