Nowadays, digital matte paintings are rarely confined to 2-D images.
The matte paintings, limited in number, had to look good and 3-D on a fairly large scale - and they did.
In terms of matte paintings, this was the biggest show that Helman had ever done.
After art school, Dennison quickly established a career producing matte paintings and concept work for the international special effects industry.
The disintegration effect took 144 separate matte paintings to create.
He has been producing matte paintings and illustrations for over 15 years.
Because of budget constraints, the director used the sketch rather than a finished matte painting; drawing criticism as a result.
The entire background was a 3D projection of matte paintings and dramatic skies.
He did matte paintings and concept art for these pictures:
His work also includes advertising photography, digital matte painting and comic books.