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WHAT IS A MATTE PAINTING (ALSO KNOWN AS MATTE ART) ?
Matte paintings (Matte arts) are used to create "virtual sets" and "digital backlots". They can be used to create entire new sets, or to extend portions of an existing set. Traditional matte painting is done optically, by painting on top of a piece of glass to be composited with the original footage. Nowadays, matte painting is done in computers with the use of a tablet as a drawing device. In a digital environment, matte paintings can also be done in a 3-D environment, allowing for 3-D camera movements. Good reference for matte painting book: Mark Cotta Vaz Craig Barron: The invisible art the legends of movie matte painting. San Francisco, Cal.: Chronicle Books, 2002; ISBN 0-8118-3136-1 (definition of matte painting is from the web site www.wikipedia.org - matte painting)
WHAT IS A CONCEPT ART ? A concept art is a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in movies, video games, or comic books before it is put into the final product. This is a relatively new designation popularized by artists working in the automobile and video games industries. This term has been in use since the 1930's by the traditional animation industry who was describing drawn or painted images which illustrate the look, feel, design, colors, etc...of the animated movie to be made. Concept art is also referred to as "visual development" in traditional animation. The term was later adopted by the games industry. These illustrations became necessary for developed visual properties. Concept art is the preliminary visual statement made in entertainment production. Before characters, worlds, or items are created, images are made to show what these things should look like, often based on a writers description. Concept Art is the illustrated visualization of ideas. Usually, many artists or animators gain better ideas by studying still models through the means of photography. This is how particular objects, such as the elven blades in the The Lord of the Rings (which look like leaves), are created. (definition of concept art is from the web site www.wikipedia.org - concept art)
WHAT MEAN VFX ? Visual effects (commonly shortened to Visual F/X or VFX) are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shoot. Visual effects often involve the integration of live-action footage and computer generated imagery (CGI) in order to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or simply impossible to capture on film. They have become increasingly common in big-budget films, and have also recently become accessible to the amateur filmmaker with the introduction of affordable animation and compositing software. (definition of VFX (visual effect) is from the web site www.wikipedia.org - visual effect)
CAN I BUY ARTWORKS FROM THIS WEB SITE? You can only buy certain prints of personal projects under this link: deviant art starno prints These prints are for personal use only. If you are a company, an organization or a group and want to buy some artworks for advertising. Please email me at this adress: 
I can do ackowledgement and copyrights contracts for specific projects. High-resolution printable files can be send by FTP server. Concerning images related to the global warming and environmental issues. I would like to do a contribution to any serious group, organism, company related to environment who want to use these images. I can send this image (a high-resolution for any sort of prints or web) for free, as long as it is use for environment purposes. All matte-paintings and concept images done for clients are not for sale. The property and copyrights belong to them.
CAN YOU WORK ON MY PROJECT? WHAT ARE YOUR AVAILABILITIES? I work at least 40 to 60 hours a week on a day shift for different visual effect companies. Sometimes I can do freelance work during week-ends and evenings but I'm very selective. I usually choose quick projects (between 20 to 40 hours) with no camera movements or complexe 3D scenes. I try to keep it simple and stay in Photoshop. Please consider that I'm focusing my career on high end photo-realistic digital matte-paintings, set extensions and concept arts. You can check my availibily in the email section. Also, please take note that I don't work for free and I can't be pay only by credits. I can understand how hard it is to try push an independant project to an other step but please, do understand that this is what I do in life. Like anyone else, I have to pay my food. I can't work on free projects even if they seem very interesting.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TUTORIALS? HOW CAN I LEARN FROM YOU? I do sometimes tutorials or "making of" for magazines or web sites but never for my own web site. Check under this link to find some of them: Recognition link
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