Ok,
now you must be wondering how did i get this?
yes, its again merging of photographsand hand
painted clouds equally. Eraser, air brush
and rubberstamp are the main toolsi used here.
Ok,
now I place the cloud layer over sea layer.
Slightly overlapped at the edge ofhorizon
so we get smooth blending! :) I know you still
see the unfinished edgesbut dont worry we
will fix it ahead.
To
create some more interest, I added an tower
like mountain. and painted itdark blue. Also,
some extension of the picture is done with
help of some snapsand i hand painted over
the rocks a bit.
Step
8
The
final desired effect i need was something
blue and mono colour feel with different tonal
value. so firstly i converted the step 7 picture
to black and whitegradient map and then i
played around with colour balance and variation
tool.Finally we are done to composite this
shot.
Tips:A.
Keep all the pictures or references or ur
painted layers in different sets in the layer
tool-box. name the sets clouds, ground, mountains
etc. so its easy tonavigate when it comes
to the point of some changes in the picture.
B. If u plan to animate it in after effects,
with some subtle cloud movements, thenbe carefully
u dont merge the layers into one.
I hope you all like this small tutorial and
if u have any questions pls do mail me back.You
can also check out some more matte paintings
at www.thesign.info.my email contact : Shantanu
Jahagirdar, jahagirdar@thesign.info
Best
Regards:
Shantanu Jahagirdar
2D Supervisor / Digital Matte Artist
THESIGN - Digital Pictures Entertainment
