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Published: 2012-09-12 08:20:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 97561; Favourites: 5855; Downloads: 5772
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This image was created for a competition on [link] , where the objective was to turn the following concept art into a photorealistic matte painting: [link]The contest was fun and very challenging. I worked a good 50 hours on my entry and there are still many things I'd like to change but I just can't work on it anymore and time until deadline has run out anyway.
You can also find a couple of wip pictures in this thread: [link]
I don't expect to win anything, but I learned a lot during the process and now I have a cool piece in my gallery. It will also be part of my 2013 calendar.
Hope you like it!
Visit my website:
www.xkire.de
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Comments: 673
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the info
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Thats probably because Prometheus is a greek Titan
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AH-HA!! Just as I thought....Thanks for the answers
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Fantastic! I really love the depth you achieved here, you never cease to amaze me
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I wish I could favourite this 10000 times because it's worth it. Absolutely gorgeous!
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thank you very much! I really appreciate it
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Amazing ! But why does it looks like so much to [link] ?
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thank you! like I said in the description it's made for a contest and it had to be close to this concept: [link]
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you mean like is this a realistic scenario? I think it all depends on gravity, weather and atmosphere conditions, but my answer would be: Yes! I don't think it would ever happen on earth, but it's depicting an alien planet where these cloud layers are carved by whirlpools of wind.
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I was talking about the quality. How you did that? You used a reference? What program you used?
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yea there's a lot of photographic material in it to increase the detail and the realism. It's all done in photoshop basically
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Most Excellent! Expertly done! (I for one LOVE Blue! Never too much in my book!)
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hehe thank you! I would have liked a few more tones, but I guess blue alone is a very popular color too.
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I understand, but for me BLUE RULES! Case in point my fave character Chun-Li from StreetFighter II usually wears a Blue/Yellow Quipao,
Instant Love.
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amazing, just amazing!
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thank you very much!
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woo amazing! hey man, can you explain which programs did you use for making this pic? i'd like to learn some... nice pic!
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just Photoshop, and the "optical flares" plugin from After Effects for the lens flare. The painting was done with a Wacom tablet, that's all. Thanks!
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Hahaa scrolled all the way through the comment section looking for this information. Now I'm floored! I .. I can't believe you painted those clouds from the ground up. Incredible. Well done and good luck for the competition! Did you also paint the jets :3? This is what I love! Taking realism and creating something extra-ordinary! Not just repainting things you can simple take a photograph of. That's just how I feel anyway
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no no, I actually used many cloud photos, too, but the user was asking for software so I didn't mention them. I used so many of them that I couldn't put them all in the description and I always used only small parts of each. But admittedly I couldn't have shown so much detail with painting alone.
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Oooh I see 
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I'm glad to hear it.
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Woah!
Spontan wΓΌrd ich das als Dein bisher Bestes bezeichnen
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vielen Dank, war auf jeden Fall eines der Zeitfressendesten.
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This is so much better than the Dreamworks entry scene 
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wow you faved it!
I kinda like how it turned out as well, although it was really frustrating in the end. It's a little more realistic than most of my other stuff. And yea, I noticed my recent works were fairly unpopular for some reason, whereas this one is like a huge fav-explosion in my inbox.
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Nach meinem persΓΆnlichen Empfinden wΓ€re ein Raumschiff ausreichend, ...
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womΓΆglich ja, ich konnte mich einfach nicht entscheiden
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Eigene Entscheidungen zu treffen sind sowieso immer die schlimmsten.
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thank you very much!
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You're welcome!
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dammit you dont need DDs anymore man, you've reach the 4300 favs. You're incredibly talented and really deserves everything you get, except being ripped...lol!!
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lol yea I was lucky with this one because it was on the frontpage the whole day! I still have to go through all the comments.
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ah ah, at that stage man there is no luck at stake but just talent!! Good luck for answering all those comments, lol! It's the price to pay Erik, just copy and paste THX!! AH AH!!
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Clouds look fantastic and their detail look great but the too much blue distracting the realism feel
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