Digital Matte Painting DST60904/Project1
Digital Matte Painting
DST60904/Project1
LIU CHENG RUI (0370930)
DST60904/Digital Matte Painting/ Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
INSTRUCTION
I chose Star Wars as my film reference because many scenes in "Star
Wars" are highly expressive in terms of composition, perspective and
light and shadow design. In addition, the world view of "Star Wars"
integrates various real-world architectural styles. For example, the
planet Corusanne showcases dense super high-rise urban buildings. This
style mixture provides rich visual resources.
Fig1.1 Star Wars
Fig1.2 A still from Star Wars
Fig1.3 Mood Board
My first idea was to present a two-layered world with a split top and
bottom: the upper part is a grand futuristic city made up of huge,
simplified geometries, with architectural form inspired by the visual
style of the Star Wars city of Corusanne (Coruscant), emphasizing
verticality, height, and coldness. The lower level is a settlement of
traditional windmills and villages, representing the primitive,
natural and even forgotten old civilization.
Fig1.4 Mood Board of Ideation 1
Fig1.5 Sketch of Ideation 1
Ideation 2:Three Realms City
My second idea is to depict a three-story future city suspended in the
air. In the middle is a huge hemispherical urban agglomeration, and
above and below are groups of buildings in the shape of rings or
flying saucers. This design is inspired by the structures of aerial
platforms such as "Cloud City" in "Star Wars", and incorporates dense
urban textures and dark tones to create a highly industrialized
futuristic feel.
Fig1.6 Mood Board of Ideation 2
Fig1.7 Sketch of Ideation 2
Ideation 3:Inside the suspended city
My third idea was the interior buildings of the suspended city. The
buildings were so dense that it was almost impossible for light to
penetrate. Pipes, cabins and pontoon Bridges crisscrossed, filled with
technical devices and mechanical symbols. This density brings about a
sense of isolation and oppression, suggesting that people feel
oppressed, alienated and anxious in the technological utopia.
Fig1.8 Mood Board of Ideation 3
Fig1.9 Sketch of Ideation 3
Mr. Kannan thought that my sketches 2 and 3 could be explored further, but Mr. Kannan suggested that I change the sketches to a horizontal composition. Besides, I should also consider and study the scenery I want to draw from multiple perspectives.
Fig1.10 The revised horizontal composition (Sketch 2)
After that, I also attempted to study the perspective relationship between the architecture and the scenery and summarize it with simple forms.
Fig1.11 Research on Perspective Relations
The following is the perspective and composition of my exploration from the standpoint of the city
Fig1.12 Research on Perspective Relations (Perspectives in the City)
This week we need to do the photobashing practice. I have chosen the high-rise buildings of project1.
Fig1.13 photobashing practice 1
Besides, I also attempted to practice photobashing practice from different perspectives.
Fig1.14 photobashing practice 2 （Look out of the window in the building）
This week, we continue with the task of project1. Mr. Kannan believes that my first two photos of bashing can proceed further, especially the second one. Highlights can be added and, most importantly, the foreground, middle background and background can be distinguished.
So, I chose to appropriately increase the highlights. At the same time, by strengthening the color contrast of the buildings on the left to make them look closer, the colors of the buildings above were appropriately weakened compared to those below, and finally the background was blurred to make them look farther away.
Fig1.16 Add highlights and distinguish the foreground, middle ground and background
FEEDBACK
week4
You can choose one between Sketch 2 and Sketch 3. I prefer Sketch 2, but the picture should be in a 6:9 horizontal composition and should be adjusted.
week 6
You can appropriately add some highlights to the building, and at the same time pay attention to distinguishing the foreground, middle ground and background.
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