A 3D environment shot done with my friend and co-worker Fabio Zungrone for the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor cinematic. The shot was fully 3D, complete with terrain work all the way to the set dressing of the encampment. We had a blast creating this shot!

3D Matte Painting Tutorial - The Matte Department

3D Matte Painting Tutorial - The Matte Department from Anthony E on Vimeo.

Now available on themattedepartment.com!

Topics Covered:
3D Terrain Generation in World Machine
Export maps, geo and passes for 3D Max/Maya
Texturing and Shader creation using World Machine maps in Max
Volumetric fog and atmosphere
Lighting and render passes for painting
Final high quality production painting techniques in Photoshop

Includes World Machine file and Mesh, 3D MAX scene file with maps, 4K painting!

Software used: World Machine, 3D Max/Maya, Vray, Photoshop

3D Matte Painting for Production Tutorial

Tutorial coming soon on Gumroad. Keep checking themattedepartment.com for updates!

Topics Covered:
3D Terrain Generation in World Machine
Export maps, geo and passes for 3D Max/Maya
Texturing and Shader creation using World Machine maps in Max
Volumetric fog and atmosphere
Lighting and render passes for painting
Final high quality production painting techniques in Photoshop

Software used: World Machine, 3D Max/Maya, Vray, Photoshop

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

The opening shot of the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor cinematic was a full 3D environment shot done with my friend and colleague Fabio Barretta. Blizzard released a 4K version of the painting on their site!

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Cinematic

I had the opportunity to work on this cinematic with my friend and colleague Fabio Barretta as Senior Digimatte Artists. Amazing work by all the incredible artists at Blizzard Cinematics!

3D World September issue

Check out the September issue of 3D World magazine for a quick breakdown of my latest 3D Matte Painting! If you're interested to see how it was all put together check out the tutorial video on www.artofae.com.

CGMA MATTE PAINTING MASTER CLASS

Only two more weeks to sign up!
Here are some examples of student work from last term. I was amazed at the huge improvement in the quality of the artwork that was produced from week 1 to week 8. I'm proud of all the students that took their work to the next level, its been so awesome to see the growth!

3D Matte Painting

Latest piece done for The Matte Department project. I had to model, texture, light and render several passes to get to the final painting. I'll be putting out a tutorial on how this image was constructed and it will have all the breakdowns. Check out themattedepartment.com for more cool stuff!

CGMA Matte Painting Demo Breakdown

I've had some requests to see some breakdowns for the shot below, so here's an ambient occlusion (AO) pass showing the geo that was modeled for the shot. Very simple geo, I didn't want to spend too much time modeling since I would be painting on top in Photoshop. I rendered light passes and comped it together and textured it in Photoshop.

CGMA Matte Painting Class Demo

This was the final demo for my CGMA Matte Painting class, a Star Wars inspired matte painting. This painting was created using a combination of 3D modeled elements that were lit and rendered out of Maya with a few lighting passes then textured using photos in Photoshop and photo reference to complete the shot. Lots of different techniques on this one that could apply to concept work or matte painting.

CGMA Matte Painting Master Class

New semester starts Feb 4th for my CGMA Matte Painting Class. I saw some great work develop last semester and some serious improvement in the quality of the students work. Its always gratifying to know that people are taking something useful away from the class. 

If you're interested take a look here:

http://2d.cgmasteracademy.com/matte-painting.html

Color Studies

A couple of color studies done for a story moment. I'm in love with old classic western movies, actually it doesn't have to be old anything done really well like True Grit, 3:10 to Yuma etc. anything with cowboys and Indians.
Playing with different palettes and exploring mood, these studies usually take 1-1.5hrs.