Lava City- Personal Painting

[dylan]

Something I did for myself. I had done a lot of lava paintings but none with a city. Thought it might be fun and it was.
Original image was 4096 pixels wide and I did it over a few weeks in my spare time. I modeled the fore left building in Cinema 4D, yeah it sucks, I am just learning. I got impatient and textured it all in the painting in photoshop. Here is also a sketch and a detail.
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/Matte/personal/images/lavacity_v2highres.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/Matte/personal/images/Lavacitydetail.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/Matte/personal/images/lavacitysketch.jpg

[homer]

Awesome
I like the way you create variety in buildings and brick the patterns.
How long did it take?

As for a city burning down in lava, I would have expected some fire, more red reflections and dark smoke too.

And I have to say that your works are inspiring …
Well done

[smooth]

NOICE!
Master indeed. Wicked skillz Dylan.
Cinema 4d isn't bad. Whatever works.

+smooth+

[ecsdesign]

spotted centrepoint tower and a bunch of sydney buildings in there. Looks sweet. You must have a heep of spare time.
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Sy99 (http://www.yamaha-tech.com/wiki/Yamaha_SY99)

[wolf]

As usual, you've outdone yourself Mr.Cole. I am a huge fan of your works.

My only critic is that the color of the lava is a bit off. It is usually a little more darker and redder than the one you've painted. But then, i could be wrong.

:P

[B. Kachel]

Hey Dylan,

Looks great as usual.

-Brandon Kachel

[Boof]

Hey Dylan,

Another inspiring piece! Really like seeing something you sketched and then seeing a more finished version!

Very cool!

-Eric

ps---any more news on your DVDs? Curious about 'em.

[P.Nagle]

Very Cool Dylan,

excellent work as usual!

-Patrick Nagle

[bcottman]

Awesome image. Cool design too, very gothic. I'd love to see some work in progress images.
Brenton

[tobiasth]

have seen this at cgtalk. its amazing! great work again dylan! :shock:

[Slave]

very cool !! but that building on the left-in the forground is bugging me.....??

is it too bulky ? maybe , I cant put my finger on it....what about somthing gothic?

But still... I LOVE IT!! llllllllooooooooooveeeeeeeeee it!

:oops:

[plaf]

wow.. that's good. I love the way the setting sunlight licks across the towers in the distance. sky and mood and colours are just ace.

love it!

[dylan]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it.

Homer- The city is not burning down, it was built around the lava, hence only light steam and no dark smoke and fire. That is also why the lava is fairly geometric in its placement. As to how long it took, I don't know, 40 hours maybe? I did it off an on for a while, so it is hard to judge.

smooth- thanks, I am really enjoying C4D, I just need time to learn it.

ecsdesign- yep, a bunch of sydney in there, I went there after working at weta and loved it. One of my favorite places. And no, I have no spare time now, though I am continuing to work on personal paintings for the d'artiste matte painting book.

wolf-thank you very much. Lava can look many different ways depending on how hot or cool it is. I was trying to find a medway point. Also there is a lot of atmosphere diffusingit.

boof- thanks, more news on DVD's soon, I promise. We are editing now.

slave- thanks, and that building bugs me too. It has to do with the fact that I modeled it in 3D and I suck at modeling. Here is what I started with-
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/Matte/personal/images/lavacity3Dbuilding.jpg

Thanks again, everyone, it was a fun painting.

[smooth]

I am continuing to work on personal paintings for the d'artiste matte painting book.

OOoo nice. I am soo getting one of these. I've had the "Invisible Art" from Vaz & Barron" and I've been waiting for a contemporary one. I just hope It's done well - hardcover style and in-depth.

+smooth+

[DMPjedi]

Wow, I like :D It looks like a cross between Mustafar and Courscant.

[Riddick]

A really amazing piece!
It rocks as american said!

I'm really happy that you share your personal stuff with us!

The Matte Painting book from d'Artiste will be great!

From where have you begin your picture?
The foreground or the background?

[July]

Very cool
I like it :D

[mu.gt-r]

hi dylan ,i'm a newcomer for this forum and it's also good to see you here
i'm always loving your personal works cuz it's so amazing to me.You're the very man that i admire...
I love this design so much,hope to see the matte painting one,may I ?
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/concept/images/greencity.jpg

[proconpictures]

This painting is so great.
it shows awesome depth perspective through the right amount of haze/smoke
into which the environment is able to melt perfectly.