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Matte painting that is based on a Vue 7 render. I tried to create a lush river ecosystem, and then populate it. I used stock photos and painting for the buildings.

You can find the original render next to an almost final version here. http://alexpopescu.net/stuff/RiverCastle%202.jpg]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:48:58 +0000 http://aksu.cgsociety.org/gallery/762699

This is my latest personal illustration where I wanted to create a realistic futuristic city, that looks alive.

The image is based on a photo belonging to http://flickr.com/photos/kesta/, a very good photographer who was nice enough to share her photos on flickr
http://flickr.com/photos/kesta/1818976244/.

It was made using digital matte painting technique, with the help of several stock photos.

I was also happy and honored to find out that the image received a master award in the futurescapes category in the upcoming Expose 7.

I hope you like it.]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 05:05:33 +0000 http://aksu.cgsociety.org/gallery/438039

My newest personal project. It is a mattepainting, several photo sources were used and I also painted a lot of elements]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:16:27 +0000 http://aksu.cgsociety.org/gallery/395466

This is my entry for the CGTalk Unofficial Matte Painting Contest.
I won the 1st place.

Wanted to create the underwater city of Atlantis in it's glory, hidden deep in the ocean.

]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:27:27 +0000 http://aksu.cgsociety.org/gallery/280458

All the structures were modelled in 3d Studio Max. The post processing of the image was made in Photoshop CS2. I also used 2 stock photos, one for the sky and one for the reservoir on the left side of the canal.
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It is a matte painting, made out of about 20 stock photos. Tried to get a realistic image while still keeping a fantasy feeling. It was difficult to get the whole piece to go well together , because of the large number of photos that were used.]]> Sun, 07 May 2006 13:04:03 +0000