[remic20]

Kind of new in matte painting
but yeah this is my second one, C&C please!!
done it in Macromedia Fireworks

original
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[weaselball2]

biggest crit is the blown out highlights. too much brighten+increase contrast.

[Affected]

Yes, I'd say it would be more useful for compositing with a full value range. with the highlights like that, there's not much that can be done in ways of lightness adjustments. Also it would probably have been a good idea to remove that lens flare over the hills and mountains in the background, although it's not as noticeable in the painting.

The middle tower maybe looks like it's falling over a bit?

Good detailing and realism though.

[Novacaptain]

it looks pretty much like a photo pasted on top of another (this is not a compliment). The scaling on the trees in the background is also off.
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I tried making an overpaint but I just kept cutting stuff out, too much was going on in the original for my simple brains to process.. even then I couldn't do more realistic than this (and it's practically desaturated ).. sniff.. back to painting monsters




Where's all our mattepainter extraordinaires?? I know Spooge is on vacation but Henrik or Flushie?
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[remic20]

thanks guys for the critiques
ill revisit and i guess a lot of edit