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Matte painting involves a variety of tools, including digital painting, photomanipulation, 3D, and of course, compositing.  Every artist has their own tools and background, which makes it interesting to interview artists and

Space art is a subset of digital art, and requires mastery of a variety of different techniques that are prevalent in other forms of digital art as well.  Successful space artists must master texturing,

While many of us have grown up only knowing the digital age, where visual effects are created on computers using software that makes life much easier, there are many people in industry

Period matte paintings are those that need to recreate an environment from the past, whether it be Washington D.C. during the Civil War, or Rome in the Renaissance.  Places change throughout time,

In the realm of creative media, there are two opposing forces at work.  As the PC becomes more and more powerful, and software for creating various effects in digital art, computer graphics,

Digital painting involves a combination of artistic techniques and technical skill, but digital paintings almost always start as a rough concept and are gradually refined.  The more effort that is put into