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DESIGN AN EPIC

FANTASY LANDSCAPE

COMBINE PHOTO ELEMENTS AND PAINTING TECHNIQUES

TO CREATE PHOTOREAL CONCEPT ART

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earn how to use a 3D block mesh, photo

bashing and digital painting techniques to

create an epic fantasy kingdom scene. The

combination of Maya and the renderer Chaos

Group V-Ray will help you to set up the perspective

and basic lighting for the final scene. The use of

photos will help you to create the first details for the

image and generate a photoreal touch. You will then

use digital painting techniques to match, merge and

change the photos to the way you want them, which

will help you to create a final concept.

This is an advanced Photoshop tutorial, for artists

who have a bit more experience with this program or

someone who wants to push their skills to a new

level. You will be using photos to make up most of the

base, which you can find on the web. Here, stock sites

like CGTextures, Texturepilot or deviantART were used.

Shop around to find images to suit your own scene. On

FileSilo.co.uk/bks-609 you will find the 3D render and

all passes. When you have these downloaded, you’re

ready to begin.

EPIC FANTASY LANDSCAPE