Matte Painting Techniques for ArchViz
Presentation
A course by Fran Mateos , Architect
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will emphasize the milestones of my career, among which I would highlight my first major assignment from Foster and Partners and the difficult management of it. I will tell you how I redirected my career until I was able to set up my own studio: Drama. ”
In this video lesson Fran Mateos addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Matte Painting Techniques for ArchViz. Optimize your architectural models in an efficient way and enhance the final image through matte painting.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Welcome to my course. I'm Fran, and I’ll tell you a bit about myself. For over ten years, I’ve work in graphic design and in that time I’ve made some discoveries I’d like to share. The first time I remember thinking about light, color, or landscape I was young, just five years old. My parents did a drive from Cartagena to Águilas along highways that ran through some mountains. We drove in the afternoon and watching the mountains, those successive planes, fly past fascinated me. I think back to that all the time. In fact, I think I return to that place every time I create an ima...”
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Course summary for: Matte Painting Techniques for ArchViz
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Category
Architecture & Spaces -
Areas
ArchVIZ, Digital Architecture, Digital Photography, Matte Painting, Photo Retouching, Photomontage

Fran Mateos
A course by Fran Mateos
Despite specializing in landscapes, as soon as he finished his degree Fran Mateos set his sights on architectural graphic illustration driven by the idea of learning from the projects around him that were underway at the time. He started by collaborating with studios like Poliedro, Idearch, Manu-facturas, and Foster and Partners until he decided to take a break and open his own academy: La Leonera.
After a year of teaching classes, Fran was given the opportunity to work with the studio Nieto Sobejano and he quickly found himself drawn back into the world of architectural visualization. With the knowledge and experience he gained while there, he formed a team and founded Drama, his own architectural communication agency which has collaborated with larger studios in Spain and Europe including Arquitectos Ayala, Vázquez Consuegra, and Unstudio.
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