Remnants of the past

That's a new matte painting from me, and I think this time I finally hit the photorealistic look. Took me about two weeks of work, with a break of a few days inbetween. The whole thing is based upon a 4-picture panorama that I shot myself, you can check the original photo here

Besides that I used a good bunch of stock photos from sxc to create this. I then painted together the pictures, extended them and so on.
If I get the chance and the time, I will try to animate this a little, to use it in the way that matte paintings are normally used. Will be interesting to see if I could get that work.

Print should be up soon
Daniel


_{Since I got many people asking me what a matte painting is, it's basically a mix of (digital) painting and photomanipulation, used to create a photorealistic backdrop in films or games, which is then often combined with some subtle animation and filmed material from the set.}