Well folks.. apologies for the break between posts, busy with work and wrestling with a new oil painting, among other things! So to make up for the break, here is a collection of old matte paintings that I created for the very first season of Farscape the TV series. This is a blast from the…
Why is the ‘matte painting’ in Ballistic Publishing’s latest Exposé 8 not matte painting, what category should it go in and what should it be called? Also a quick look at the grandfather of matte painting!
Hi all, As promised in part 1, here is part 2 of the matte painting projection post. I recently finished two shots for a client that needed scenes of New York city circa 1927. This is not a literal rendition of NY city, the buildings are in all the wrong places.. but this was meant…
Howdy all.. Been a hellishly busy several weeks which has been both a blessing and a curse! Good for the cash flow, not so good for oil painting! Been working with SOAP Creative here in Sydney on a James Bond website promotion thingy.. I cant say much more than that and will post more when…
Howdy All, Came across a few old photographs of my time at Digital Domain, circa 1996.. In the visual effects world, that’s like dog years, every one of ours is like 160 odd years to us. So 1996 puts these pictures around 150BC in film VFX terms! Which makes these guys… well, its makes them…
Howdy all! Long time no blog.. I said I wouldn’t leave it so long after my last entry and I was right.. It was LONGER! First off, I got an image into Ballistic Publishing’s Expose´7, pg 116, environments section.. Some really cool work in this edition so go check it out! One thing that I…
Hi All! Seeing as how Knowing is out in cinemas (in the US at least), I thought I would show the matte painting I did for the film. For those with a sharp eye and access to the original trailer, go check out the shot as it was before Animal Logic hauled me in to…
(In ‘Deliverance’ voice)… I got me sum pic-tures of youuuu, I’m a gonna puttem on the innernet…. This my friends, is my friend Tom. Tom was one of the first guys I met at Digital Domain and the first man to ever hand me a loaded 9mm pistol… “Just in case..”, he said! He was…
