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July 26, 2012
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This is a little practice piece/experiment I used as a warmup piece for a few days a few weeks back, and hadn't gotten around to posting until now.
Photoshop, about 5-6 hours. You can see the base photo (taken by me) here: [link] The tricky part on this one was getting the stuff I painted in to match the grainy digital photo blur- I like the vibe it gives the piece, a sort of "Cloverfield" tone. =)

When I look at this picture, I am once again reminded of one of my favorite quotes, from the cartoonist Stephen Pastis (maker of Pearls before Swine) :
"Sometimes I look at some of my stuff and think there might actually be something seriously wrong with me." :XD:
I find the idea of giant sewer rats utterly terrifying and- considering the disturbing array of substances ranging from inventive cocktails of illegal designer drugs to industrial byproducts to quickly spoiled preservative-less organic food that go down the drains in your average city- yet another excellent argument for living in the middle of nowhere. :O


This picture is the result of me trying my hand at a type of industrial illustration called photoplating or matte painting, which involves painting an image freehand over an existing photograph. Originally the process involved traditionally painting a matte image on a glass plate using an existing image as a base (hence the name). Essentially, it was the low-tech predecessor to modern bluescreen special effects, used as far back as the late 1880's! Check out these wikipedia articles if you find the process as interesting as I do: [link] [link] [link]

A digital incarnation of the idea continues to be used frequently in movie production on the concept and planning side: A couple of example uses are giving the prop department a guide to build set dressings before they even step foot in the room to be used, or mocking up CG effects before spending hundreds of thousands of dollars getting them rendered them only for the director to realize he hates the lighting and wants to reshoot the whole scene at night. :facepalm:
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~GrapeSodaGirl Oct 19, 2012  Student General Artist
Reminds me of an ROUS from the Princess Bride ^^
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~Scorpion451 Oct 22, 2012   Artist
Never gotten to see that movie...people keep telling me I need to. :)
Guess this would be a ROEUS, then: a Rodent Of Extremely Unusual Size. :XD:
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~GrapeSodaGirl Oct 22, 2012  Student General Artist
:D
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~DTKinetic Jul 26, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Impressive stuff, definitely looks like a concept out of a movie :XD: Good job with the technique :thumbsup:
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~Scorpion451 Jul 28, 2012   Artist
Thanks!
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~DTKinetic Jul 28, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
No problem! =)
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~DCing Jul 26, 2012
O_O. No kidding.
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