From BallisticPublishing’s d ‘artiste Digital Artists Master Class comes Matte Painting 3 that
celebrates the best of the best unsung heroes of movies and video games.
Too
often the digital artists who make and animate the fantasy creature, aliens and
humans used in video games, movies and to a smaller extent TV get most of the
credit for the success or failure of any of the projects. They are considered the ‘stars’ of the
digital world and, rightly so, they deserve much of the credit.
But,
what about the unsung heroes of the digital realm? What about those artists who are every bit as
talented (some much more so) than their 3D figure animation partners?
I’m
talking about Matte Painters. They are
the artists and craftsmen, and women, who tirelessly spend hours, days, weeks,
sometimes months on visualizing and creating the beautiful backgrounds and
environments in which the 3D animated figure can play, fight and explore.
As I
mentioned many times before computer generated art is not easy to produce. Environments are by far the hardest.
Matte
Painters must possess a wide range of artistic capabilities. Knowledge of light and shadow, color, atmosphere,
perspective, architecture, engineering, organization, resourcefulness, a strong
sense of design, endless imagination, etc. are just a few of the talents they
must use.
Digital Matte
Paining involves far more than sitting in front of a computer screen and
doodling. It takes take time, talent and
determination. .Ballistic Publishing presents Matte Painting 3 that looks at
the long and arduous task of creating spectacular, realistic, imaginative
backgrounds and environments by showcasing the art of three top talents of the 21st
Century.
Page
after page goes into exhaustive detail on how a digital Matte Painting is first
conceived, assembled and finished.
Intensive
research and technical know how goes into each beautifully reproduced full-color
piece. Just the effort that goes into learning
new technology and programs is staggering enough. Throw in designing and constructing entire
cities, alien plants, lush tropical, exotic locations, etc and making them come
alive is a phenomenon only a select few have the ability to do.
They are
the unsung heroes of the digital age: the Matte Painters.
Look for
Matte Painting 3 featuring work by David Luong, Damien Mace and Milan
Schere. The oversize soft cover book comes
in an attractive hard case slip cover