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      Alex Jenyon
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      @unknownuser said:

      Alex: just taken the time to look over your re-vamped (pun not intended) website. Nice to see the new stuff in there! What I particularly like about your work is that even the 'photo-real' matte work retains a subtle painterly quality. For reasons I can't quite pin-down, this style always seems to integrate a litte better with the original filmed footage than the ultra-slick cgi style that is so prevelant now. Perhaps because the paint strokes are reminiscent of film-grain...? (although know you also add grain digitally) I hope the increasing trend to film on-set with digital cameras won't mean a decline in this painterly style.

      Thanks man! I got a lot of feedback on my old site (a chunk of it from this forum), and tried to take it all on board.

      Interestingly, I think almost all of the 'film work' I've done was on plates that were actually shot digitally - 'Lesbian Vampire Killers' was shot on the RedCam, RocknRolla was shot on a digital Arriflex (A D20 I think). The same issues as film still seem to apply - I am STILL amazed at how rough, soft and indistinct most 'filmed' footage actually is - even on modern digital cameras. So you are 100% correct - super sharp, crispy CG just doesn't cut it. That's one of the reasons I love painting by hand, even with access to Vue, Renderman and an internet full of photo archives. It's also something that is dying off to some extent - there are lots of matte painters (pro-level ones) who will freely admit they can't paint for toffee.

      @Pilou - first time for everything! Don't think I've had anything I've ever done translated before... 🤓 Thank you!

      AJ

      Concept artist / Matte painter
      www.aj-concepts.net

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        andyc
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        "there are lots of matte painters (pro-level ones) who will freely admit they can't paint for toffee." Ain't that sad.... And yet some whose work is largely photo-based, are also great painters - I'm thinking of Dylan Cole, whose concept sketches blow me away as much as the finished pieces. I think (hope) real artistry will always shine-though. Only last week I was looking at some of Michael Pangrazio's old work for the first Star Wars Trilogy. Old-school painting on glass. It's amazing how loose his brush work was, and yet how well it read on film.

        Anyhow, keep on keeping on 😎

        A.

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          majid
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          it was amazing , and the describtion is really fantastic , but i think it needs lots of experience + artist eye to reach such renders you've made.
          thanx for sharing

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            Ecuadorian
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            Yes, there are some intangible skills at work here that can't be teached. And that's what I like to call Art.

            -Miguel Lescano
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              devincig
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              oh ! amazing ! I've saw a video that they draw monalisa with pain softwhare,and now is you !

              http://www.flickr.com/photos/8839214@N03/

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                romain210
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                cool

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                  Solidseal
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                  hmm cannot see the pictures 😞

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