Matte Painting of Imaginary Worlds in Photoshop
Drakkar (Viking Ship) 1
A course by Reha Sakar , Visual Artist
About the video: Drakkar (Viking Ship) 1
Overview
“To bring more depth to my visual narrative, I will add a Drakkar. Here, you will see how I select my image from an extensive library of Viking skips and integrate it into the painting.”
In this video lesson Reha Sakar addresses the topic: Drakkar (Viking Ship) 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
“Drakkar (Viking Ship) We are done adding our mountains. In this lesson, I'll show you how to add our Drakkar, the Viking ship, to our painting. There is one important thing here. The elements I add to my painting should match the perspective. I'll show you how to check it and how to color correct the ship. Let's do it. Now, I'll add the lighthouse and a boat in this area. I'll make a Viking ship. It's mostly looking like Nordic landscapes here, so I'll turn this scene into a more epic landscape with the Viking ship here and I'll probably add a dead tree here. The more I go, I keep changing ...”
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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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