Matte Painting of Imaginary Worlds in Photoshop
Midground and Foreground Elements (Mountains) 1
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: Midground and Foreground Elements (Mountains) 1
Overview
“Now, I will integrate both the distant and foreground mountains into the scene. As you do this, be conscious of tones. Pay attention to how I adapt the tones of my mountains to achieve atmospheric perspective.”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: Midground and Foreground Elements (Mountains) 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Matte Painting of Imaginary Worlds in Photoshop. Explore composition and lighting to create a photorealistic scene of a fantasy world using digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Midground and Foreground Elements (Mountains) We did the shore and beach elements. In this lesson, we'll start adding some foreground and midground elements. I'll add two mountains to my painting. One will be in the foreground and the other in the midground. As I showed you in previous lessons, I'll check the tones of each mountain. The far mountain will be lighter in tone and the close mountain will be darker in tone. Let's get started. Let's do our foreground, background, and midground elements. I need to get this sky and this sky to my image. These will be my key elements. This sky will ...”
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Course summary for: Matte Painting of Imaginary Worlds in Photoshop
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Matte Painting, Photo Retouching, Photography Post-production, Photomontage
Reha Sakar
A course by Reha Sakar
Reha Sakar is a Turkish artist based in Vancouver, Canada. He first began painting as a young child with his mother and fellow artist. After studying astronomy at university and working as an insurance broker during the holidays, he soon realized that art was his true passion. From there, he took a course in Photoshop and discovered his talent for 3D art, which kick-started his creative career.
Since then, Reha has worked in digital media for more than 10 years. He has created promotional material for Call of Duty, Diablo III, The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Marvel’s Avengers, World War Z, Rango, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, and more. He has also written articles on matte painting and worked with sports leagues including the NHL.
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