Homage to Ivan Bilibine

Ivan Bilibine was a Russian illustrator who was popular at the turn of the 20th Century. Here is a copy of one of his paintings which I have tried to reproduce using photoshop.

You can see his art here.


The Original:








My effort at the copy

The Scout's Return

This is my second effort at a matte composite, which has fallen a bit flat. The perspective, lighting key and composition are all really badly out. The only thing I'm happy with is the saddle on the horse which I painted by hand. The sea looks truly horrible.

New Matte Painting

My first effort at a composite and trying to coordinate perspective, colour and register. The reference images were (background) photographs of the skyline taken from a hill fort at Les Baux-en-Provence which I stitched together, a Castle I found on the web and a knight I also found on the web.

There is a long way to go in getting even reasonably good at this sort of imagemaking.

Latest 3d Model

I'm rather proud of my latest 3d model of a sci-fi starport on a waterworld. The ship was a download though. The design is based on the structure of a japanese maple.