sci-fi matte paintings

[Zairyn Arsyn]

some matte paitings i found today. (off of deviantart)

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/324/d/4/planet_lv428_by_elreviae-d6uyup4.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/068/e/f/final_battle_by_roen911-d79jn4o.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/048/6/9/broken_wings_by_t1na-d76uf1r.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/033/9/0/sanctuary_by_freemind93-d70m4qi.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/281/f/e/river_sculpting_by_zemy101-d6pp90a.jpg

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Stress-Reaction-333737422

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/040/2/f/structure_by_jjcanvas-d6tqi1a.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/214/f/4/cg_channel_matte_painting_contest___open_world_by_rafaelbfalconi-d6gcya8.jpg

[yossam]

Those are good.............the 2nd one is not a matte painting, it's a C4d render. I saw it on Foundation 3D about a week ago. 

[DannyG]

We (3DADirect) have been talking to a lot of artists from Jorik Dozy's Luminarium Group. There is many very good matte artists on this site
http://theluminarium.net/v3/

[AP]

I miss the old way of doing matte paintings. Glass mattes are rather nifty. Real paints, brushes and an art that is being lost.

[Dune]

With the new displacable objects much of this is possible, and made more realistic (nothing againts painting, mind you, these are nice). I wonder why we don't see them used yet.....