London
These matte paintings were drawn in Illustrator and then brought into Photoshop to prep them for printing on a large format printer. We used several layers for each city to give the illusion of depth.
london City Skyline - mockup
London Skyline - mockup
London Apartment Buildings - on set photo
London Skyline - on set photo
New York
New York Skyline - mockup
New York Skyline - on set photo
New York Skyline - practical
Shang Hai
Shang Hai Skyline - practical
Shang Hai Skyline - on set photo
Shang Hai Skyline - on set photo
Photo Backdrops
I was given photos of existing elf buildings and trees with similar lighting. I arranged these in rows with forced perspective and lighting effects to ground them on the snow. We printed them at different sizes and cut them out to be placed behind the real buildings to give the illusion of depth, with rows of houses in the distance.
Photo Backdrops - practical
