Matte painting for Hugo

Almost 1 month spent on this painting with Greg, Bjorn, and Thilo !!!!

Fast Five matte paintings

Here are some matte paintings for Fast Five, I painted an entire 360 degree environment of Rio and Niterio which was used for every single bridge shot. This painting was def. a pain in the butt for me.

Fox's Terra Nova concepts

Here are some concept paintings I've done for Fox's new fall tv show, Terra Nova. These were done in Sept of 2010.

a painting for the parents

I was finally able to finish this painting for my parents.....

Suckerpunch concepts

Here are some Warner Bros - Suckerpunch concept paintings I did last fall.....









Here's one of many matte paintings I was fortunate to work on....this one is 20,000 x 5000 pixels wide (cube map) - sky sphere done by Thilo Ewers which we used throughout the entire sequence

NHL ALL STAR COMMERCIAL

These are some of the matte paintings I did for the NHL ALL STAR commercial for Versus network and Public Art. This commercial first aired on New Year's day on NBC during the Winter Classics Caps vs Penguins game.

aeriel matte

been a loooooonnnng time over due for a speed painting =)

Suckerpunch !!

I can't say which matte painting in this trailer is mine....but there is at least one. =)

painting blood....

This has to be the grossest thing I've ever worked on, but I love matte painting! Nightmare hits cinemas April 30th !

Vote for my friend !

Fellow vfx industry artist, Curtis Caldwell casting for Survivor. Please vote for him!!!!


VOTE FOR CURTIS CALDWELL !!

sketchy sketchy

It's been wayyyyy too long since I've done a quick sketch. I wish I have more time to do these, so much fun!

sciam editorial illustration

I was lucky to have an opportunity to paint a digital illustration for a cool article in Jan 2010's issue of Scientific American. Here's a link to the article.



http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=local-nuclear-war

percy jackson and the olympians:the lightning thief

Finished up matte painting for this movie! Go watch it!!

matte painting

Sorry everyone, I had to edit this post due to nda and not being able to say which film I'm working on. I'm currently matte painting on a feature film, and I'll be a bit busy, so I'll try to post some stuff when I can. Thanks everyone!

new personal painting

Had some free time inbetween my vacation and upcoming holiday weekend, so I worked on a personal painting for myself. =) Updated my website with a few new paintings as well. Comments, crits, anything all welcome. Have a good one!

United States Airforce commercial for Massmarket TV

Hey everyone, this is a commercial I worked on about 3-4 months ago. Commercial just started airing, which is pretty cool. People have been emailing me asking how I work, so here it is. I posted my thumbnail stages all the way through color variations to the final thing.

The final concept painting was the final image used by the matte painter to make this commercial come to life. Thanks for looking!

quick little doodle

A little warm up doodle I did today before I started the grind of a long work day. Hope you guys enjoy it, its really sloppy.

painting featured on 3d total's frontpage

I'm very excited to be awarded the 3d total excellence award for my loading dock piece, along with being featured on their front page and concept gallery. =)



Take a look.

http://3dtotal.com/

PAINT RICHARD PAINT

Hello Everyone,

I have a new website.

I'll be posting all my finished professional paintings on my new website, and I will be posting my speed paintings, personal work, and processes here on my blog.

Check out my new site!

www.paintrichardpaint.com

Thanks everyone!

Richard

wip

colorful bright place

A very close friend of mine told me I don't have any "happy paintings". This is what I have so far, and hopefully I can take it to a finish real soon inbetween projects. The national geographic image is reference for the palette I'll be going for. Colorful right? Btw, he runs a very well known sushi restaurant..so if he gives me any lip...I'll go in there and tell him how to cut sashimi. =)

speedpaint of a sunset

Had some free time inbetween projects, so I wanted to paint a sunset hitting some water, and this is what I ended up with. Hopefully I can take this to a finish later. Some parts of the painting I don't really like, so we'll see when I have time.

really different from what i usually do....

quick speedy for the day..finally my stuff arrived from Chicago

BACK IN LOS ANGELES

BACK IN LOS ANGELES!! Been away from home for 4 years, doesn't feel like home. As soon as my cintiq and rest of my belongings arrive, I'll be able to resume freelancing.

I'm currently open for freelance at the moment. Thanks.

richard1214@gmail.com

Moving back to cali

So its official, I'll be back in Los Angeles March 14th to freelance from there. I love Chicago, and I'll visit here as much as I can ( except the winter) I have great memories being at Midway for 2 years. I told myself I'm only going to take a full time position if I really believed in the company. I don't know how long I will stay in Los Angeles, because Seattle and Vancouver is tempting me.

Oh also, a close friend of mine launched a record label. If you like house music, check it out.
http://homeschooledmusic.com/ I'll be doing his album cover as well, which is pretty sick.

speedpainting of the day

kind of annoyed right now because my cintiq and my new monitor contrast is totally off..arrghgg

pretty big update the day before this one. =)

establishing shot for a loading dock