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The Tourist

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On this show, this is the Matte Painting that almost killed me.  Sometimes, the ones that seem most straight-forward, for some reason bite you in the … happy end.

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Matte Painting, miniatures, The Tourist | By zenwarrior7

The Tourist

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Truly great subject matter for matte paintings to work on. Great vantage points, architecture, canals, photography, and the beautiful city of Venice.

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Matte Painting, miniatures, The Tourist | By zenwarrior7

Apocalypto

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Hired directly by Icon Production, another fantastic show with Ted Rae. We did a lot of old school miniature work and photography for matte paintings. Fun!

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Apocalypto, element photography, Matte Painting, miniatures | By zenwarrior7

Meet Dave

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Matte Painting work for Bryan Hirota at CIS Hollywood on Mark Stetson’s show Meet Dave.

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Matte Painting, Meet Dave | By zenwarrior7
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Rise of the Silver Surfer – Concept for the energy cracking through the surface of the surfboard.

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, surfboard | By zenwarrior7

Fantastic Four

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Rise of the Silver Surfer. Concept design for the force field of the Invisible Woman. Brought on by production late in the game for design support.

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Fantastic Four, Invisible Woman, Matte Painting, Silver Surfer, surfboard | By zenwarrior7

The Express

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CIS Hollywood had great teams of artists. I was fortunate to work with many of them on multiple movies. They knew how to take care of Art and the Artists.

Posted on 14 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Matte Painting, The Express | By zenwarrior7

Peter Pan

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Captain Hook’s ship sailing on a London cloudscape.  You can tell from the imagery that this was a fun one.  Jonathan Harb and his crew were amazing to work with.

Posted on 11 March, 2013 under in Uncategorized | By zenwarrior7.

Matthew Yuricich (1923-2012)

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three_gen_matte_paintersA Matte Painting Legend and true inspiration. I’m so lucky to have met him. Picture: Rob & Matt visited R!OT’s Matte Dept  (Michele, Ken, Rocco, & Deak).

Posted on 11 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Deak Ferrand, Ken Nakada, Matthew Yuricich, Michele Moen, Riot, Robert Stromberg, Rocco Gioffre | By zenwarrior7

The Passion of the Christ

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As gruesome as it looks, which at times made it hard to look at the footage, this show was great to work on.  Very inspiring!  Thank you Ted Rae.

Posted on 11 March, 2013 under Uncategorized | Tagged Christ, Matte Painting, Passion | By zenwarrior7

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