Dylan Cole - Traditional Painter, Digital Matte Painter, Conceptual Designer, Concept Artist, Visual Effects Art Director, Trainer.
Tropical City (detail). By Dylan Cole. Done with Adope Photoshop
Dylan Cole is a very prolific visual artist illustrating digital matte paintings and visual effects for many blockbuster movies as:
- Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- The Ring 2
- The Aviator
- Sky Captain World of Tomorrow
- I, robot
- Cronicles of Riddick
- Van Helsing
- The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- DareDevil
In his demo reel I have seen some of the best visual explainations on how digital matte paintings are made. An animated set-up shows the different paintings put at different depth levels to re-create the perspective. It’s a mixed technique involving 2D illustration and 3D camera matching techniques. Have a look at it if you are curious about visual effects methods and matte painting for movies.
Do you want to learn from the Master? Dylan Cole is also author of training DVDs on advanced digital matte painting.
Discover all works of art and training resources at Dylan Cole’s online portfolio.
