Project 04- Castle Matte Painting

DUE: 

Assignment Guidelines (on horizontal 11"x17" paper)-

Using the selection tools, adjustment tools, and Free Transform in Photoshop, create a convincing environment concept using a combination of the photo resources provided and any additional brush work.

Click here to watch how this is done in the industry!

Choose to base your castle environment from the choices below:

A. High Castle in the Mountains

B. Castle By the Sea (Not Under the Sea) 

You must include:

1. Use at least 10 different photo sources to create a new painting; 3 photos must be from the resources below
2. At least 5 levels of depth: Extreme Foreground (XFG), Foreground (FG), Middleground (MG), Background (BG) and Extreme Background (XBG
3. Castle concept as the main focal point in matte painting
4. Use your understanding of atmospheric perspective to create convincing depth
5. Inclusion of characters NOT recommended; however, any characters should be used more like props in the environment 

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Project 03- Painting in Line Art Using Channels

DUE:

-Assignment Guidelines (on 11"x17" paper)-

1. Choose one of the following character line art and colorize, render, and texturize it using Channels in Photoshop. 

• Using references, render 10 different surface materials within your character to reskin the design. The objective of this exercise is to become able to render any textured surface on to a more complex form. 

• Make sure a consistent key light source and ground plane are present and interacting with the character.

Character Design Options 
(Download from Dropbox)

Examples