David B. Mattingly Bücher

This how-to guide focuses on mastering digital matte painting, a technique that seamlessly integrates painted artwork with live-action film footage, enhancing the creative possibilities for movie settings. The book offers a range of industry and classroom-tested tools and techniques to elevate your skills. Veteran author and instructor David Mattingly guides you through the entire process, starting with rough concept sketches and progressing to perspective drawing, light and shadow application, and texturing elements. You will also learn to utilize Adobe After Effects and Autodesk Maya to bring your matte painting vision to life. The book features step-by-step instructions, complemented by screenshots and photos that illustrate each stage of creating a matte painting. Whether you're working on a studio production, independent film, TV commercial, or YouTube video, this guide equips you with the knowledge to successfully complete your project. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and supplementary materials are not included in the eBook file.

The conquerers were gone, the wooden horse lay rotting; and the son of Hector came down from the mountains to reclaim the throne of ravaged Troy. But there was no way for young Astyanax to rebuild his country or wreak vengeance--until the gods gave him a destiny: kidnapping the demi-goddess Helen . . . again.

A collection of fantasy artwork, in which Mattingly explains his techniques and provides step-by-step details for his painting The Subway Wizard. Mattingly's artwork includes futuristic paintings, humorous book covers, space ship paintings, computer graphics, human figures and wizards.

The Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel, now available in a trade edition. The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations. Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe. But Pell was just the first living planet. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.