And though Green Screen's dominance has given filmmakers an endless capability to invent, it's hard not to remain infatuated with the old school charm of matte paintings. The intricately designed ...

He contributed more than a dozen of the 100 matte paintings the WETA Digital matte department created and animated for the film. Kupelian and nine other artists, along with a production team of ...

But the VFX pro turned art director—turned director ... the disciplines are also merging. “I started painting on glass,” he said. “Matte painting became this place where you could create ...

Here’s how it works. Long before filmmakers had access to the finest digital effects the industry has to offer, they had to get creative with matte paintings to blend like actors into locations ...

This, of course, all changed once computers entered the industry. By the late 1990s, matte paintings were almost entirely digital. Just a few decades later, now they’re almost all made in 3D.

You can find my Matte Paintings and Concept Designs in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Game of Thrones, Cloud Atlas, The Wheel of Time, Captain America 2, An Officer and A Spy, Captain Marvel ...