Snow Mountain Arial shot [digital painting]

[skullmonkeys]

Hi Im a newcomer. A student.

The following are my latest. I used a photo ref but no photo elements are added. It's a straight digital painting.

If this was a matte painting, how sucessful would it be? Is there anything that I could improve upon?
Please critique. don't hold back if you have something to say about it :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/skullmonkeys/mountain2_resize.jpg
and a full res closeup
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/skullmonkeys/mountain2cl.jpg

[homer]

This is a good painting. I like the colors.

The mountaintops in the back could use more atmospheres to blend with the fog-cloud.
And I think ability of using photo elements correctly and artistically is a must for a matte painter.

One thing you can do is to put an image of a real mountain in front of it and try to blend your mountain with the real ones.

[wolf]

The mountaintops in the back could use more atmospheres to blend with the fog-cloud.
And I think ability of using photo elements correctly and artistically is a must for a matte painter.



Like the man :twisted: said ..... it needs to blend in with the fog. You might also want to add a little more deatil. The trick to a matte painting is not letting the viewer discriminate the painting from a photo art. Love your painting otherwise . Good luck.

[maxgabl]

If I squint, the picture looks real. Great! But you need to put in hyperrealistic detail to make it a matte painting, if that's your intention. Since it's a high contrast pic, try to concentrate on the sunlit areas, and skimp on the shadow detail. I also feel that you should pay more attention to (the) clouds. They follow visual rules too, in their own way...

However, I can see you are a painter. Keep painting away. You definitely are going in the right direction. More please!

[skullmonkeys]

Thank you for your kind reply all. I been away from the computer awhile so I coulden't reply.
Mountains are so challenging to do. Lots [maybe too much] of detail so it's easy to get lost and lose the main form.
Yes I should play around with integrating photo with painting a bit but for now I want to improve on drawing more. Im thinking things will be a bit easier then.
I will post more in the future. Thanks again.