Compositing, Digital Art & Process

This is a breakdown of the different layers that make up a matte painting I created several years ago for a film by Starway Pictures. The painting was created entirely in Photoshop, using a combination of digital painting and compositing techniques. To capture the photo references (walls, signs, light posts, cars, etc) needed for the painting, I shot photos of various locations around Downtown Los Angeles.

MATTE PAINTING

Matte painting created for Starway Pictures. Painting created in Photoshop using photo elements that I shot around Los Angeles.

MATTE PAINTING

Matte painting created for Starway Pictures. Painting created in Photoshop using photo elements that I shot around Los Angeles.

Future WNBA Campaign | Adidas + UCLA

Compositing, digital painting, and finishing by Oscar Rodriguez. Creative Direction and Photography by Christopher Greco.

Future WNBA Campaign | Adidas + UCLA

Process Breakdown: Compositing, digital painting, and finishing by Oscar Rodriguez. Creative Direction and Photography by Christopher Greco. I used individual photos of players to design a group shot then edited a supplied 3D rendered background to convey lighting and atmosphere. I digitally painted lighting effects, drop shadows, ground reflections, atmospheric effects, shadows and highlights on players, etc.

Future WNBA Campaign | Adidas + UCLA

Compositing, digital painting, and finishing by Oscar Rodriguez. Creative Direction and Photography by Christopher Greco.

ABSOLUT VODKA

NETFLIX

23 person composite for Netflix Latin X Series. Designed, retouched, masked, and blended individual photos of actors into single group shot.

WOOD CHUCKS ILLUSTRATION

Digital painting for Big Bad Tomato Creative Studio. Original character drawings by Lionel Ordaz.

WOOD CHUCK CHUCK

Team illustration for Big Bad Tomato Creative Group: Original drawing by Lionel Ordaz. Digitally painted characters, logs and finishing by Oscar Rodriguez. Project was conceived to be 3D animated. The goal here was to paint a poster in Photoshop with a “3D rendered look”.

HEAD REPLACEMENT PROJECT

Head swap using 1986 painting by Boris Vallejo. See next images for process.

HEAD REPLACEMENT PROJECT

Three source images used for head swaps. Original painting by Boris Vallejo 1986.

HEAD REPLACEMENT PROJECT

Left: Low resolution portrait photos provided for project. Right: Final image with digitally painted faces.

IMAGE EXTENSION PROCESS 1 OF 4

Original single-page image prior to the double-page image extension.

IMAGE EXTENSION PROCESS 2 OF 4

Two available reference plates used to construct select areas of the image extension.

IMAGE EXTENSION PROCESS 3 OF 4

The remaining aircraft and mountainscape were digitally painted without additional photographic reference.

IMAGE EXTENSION PROCESS 4 OF 4

Final extended composition following digital painting, compositing, and detail refinement. The completed image was used for the front and back cover of a Louis Vuitton campaign lookbook.

THE ALCHEMIST VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

Digital Painting · Illustration

Animatic - by previsualization supervisor Laurent Lavigne

In 2004, Laurence Fishburne produced a project for the film adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist.

For this animatic I digitally painted textures for the environment. My contribution also included detailed cast and creature illustrations in fully developed environments for presentation (not shown here per NDA), along with storyboard painting for action sequences. The project was developed under the direction & supervision of Laurence Fishburne in collaboration with VFX producer Camille Cellucci (Titanic, The Matrix trilogy, Elysium) and creative director / lead concept artist Jon Townley.