[Maryam]

Hi everybody,

The folks at HatchFX were kind enough to share this high resolution image with us.
Visit their website at: www.hatchfx.com

[Azra]

NICE image... too bad there are no alps in the carpathian mountains but hey.... who wants to learn geography?

[max4ever]

oh c'mon azra, I think they don't even know where transilvania is on the map :D
nice matte btw, I think it's too blue but overall it looks very good. ;)

[Ross Forster]

mmm high res goodness, that place must be massive. :shock:

[Boof]

I've seen the small res versions online @ Hatchfx.com
Nice to see a high res version....beautiful painting.
Amazing how much of the detail holds up.

[Tchook]

damn :shock:
this is a good one!!!

[rrische]

Great lighting design and mood!
The rocks in the left BG are a little soft and blurry, and the
snow and ice on the castle is a bit too illustrative. But overall,
it's terrific!

[Fuzz]

I remember this shot in the film. I think it went by fast, i remember being really impressed and not even thinking "hey, thats a matte".

[doom]

This is not a painting from the movie. It is an early concept sketch done for Steven Sommers while he was still writing the script of Van Helsing. All of the matte paintings in the movie were done by Illusion Art. This particular sketch was done in 2 days.

[Pilou]

Amazing! :shock:
As Rrishe i think that this matte is too like "fantasy" ; it would have been better if it would be more realistic :)
(well.. english's hard!)