Advanced Techniques of Digital Matte Painting - Creating a Misty Forest

This Misty Forest is a personal Digital Matte Painting with a full voiceover demo in Photoshop, step by step, 100% real project, no editing and cuts. We go through a real brainstorming, simulating real life project with briefing and references, clear direction and showcasing natural artistic struggles and fear being overcome as long as we move forward. 

In this tutorial you´ll revealing the main 2D techniques and mindset used in a daily life of a senior matte painter creating photoreal DMPs in Photoshop. We´ll go together from start to finish. Moodboarding, researching and blocking to final touches. A step-by-step process of everything you need to know about seamless creation for the Invisible Art.   

🔹You will get:⠀

• +9 HS voiceover video demo in Photoshop | 1.0x speed.          
• 11 PSDs used from start to finish⠀           
• 15 video clips | mp4 format | English narration                                                                                                                                                       
•  Step-by-step classes focused on workflow mindset⠀                                                                                                                                          

🔹You will learn in 15 classes:

• How to design a Misty Forest environment using Photoshop    
• Digital Matte Painting techniques  
• Create a photorealistic composition from scratch             
• How to organize your PSD files and export for comp 
• How to think about your design strategies and choose good assets       
• Photobashing fast photos for conceptual stage of production         
• Photoreal blending techniques for DMP             
• How to use advanced "blending techniques" like "blend if"⠀   
• How to seamlessly combine multiple photos with attention to detail    
• How to add atmosphere with painting skills and photo manipulation⠀      
• How to create realistic water reflection using blur, noise and displace  
• How to improve your composition skills        

🔹Pre-requirements:⠀

• Basic Photoshop knowledge required⠀

🔹Bonus!

• 4K Wallpaper of the final artwork                         
• Get all photo assets used at the project     
• Layer Breakdown and all PSDs used at the creation

🔹Misty Forest artwork: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZlDrQ8

🔹All project files are provided, from blocking to final export PSD files, as long as JPGs previews, and a layer breakdown.

🔹All images (except those of pexels, listed below) were taken by me and are provided inside "Photo assets" folder. 

🔹Credits of Pexels photos:

https://www.pexels.com/photo/mountains-with-midst-1743392/

https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-two-white-ducks-on-water-during-fog-845619/

https://www.pexels.com/sv-se/foto/691031/

🔹See the Photo Packs used here: https://www.artstation.com/falconi/store

🔹Check my Portfolio and Mentoring programs here: https://www.rafaelfalconi.com

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