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Hi all!

Today, my first attempt at matte painting ever. At that it kinda failed, as it's not very realistic itself, but as an artwork I definitely am still quite fond of it.

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![eagle'speak.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/rowye/K5fJ31Kn-eagles-peak.jpg)



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I also wanted to add some storytelling elements to it. "Just a landscape" isn't inherently wrong of course, but I like to have something else in my work that may catch viewer's attention, to let them know that something's going on more than just a pretty shot.

Here are a couple close-ups with the details:

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![eaglespeakzoom1.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/rowye/2mr0B7JZ-eagles-peak-zoom1.jpg)

![eaglespeakzoom2.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/rowye/6vCvhcDi-eagles-peak-zoom2.jpg)



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For a plain matte painting, the base idea was maybe misguided, as the greatest matte paintings come from using photos that already conform to the light setting in one's environment.
Me, I just like to make it the hardest haha... To quickly show what I mean, instead of using photos with the lighting I wanted, I did the complete opposite, so I changed the whole original scene to a sunset setting:

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![eagle'speakbeforeandafter.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/rowye/brIXX6s9-eagles-peak-before-and-after.jpg)

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Granted that doing this taught me a lot about how to change an image's lighting either way, so maybe it wasn't a bad thing after all.

This was also my first ever Daily Deviation on DeviantArt. This also was when Daily Deviations were relevant, so it gave my account a big boost. :D
Literally the reason I am still doing art today, and that I once thought I might make a living out of this craft.

Still, this was before I ever made a process animation, so while I have the process, it's a bit different this time.

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![eagle'speakPROCESS.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/rowye/2HFSe4re-eagles-peak-PROCESS.jpg)

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I realize that this is a bit hard to see here on Hive, so if you want you can give it a look directly on DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/rowye/art/Eagle-s-Peak-PROCESS-567376953
*(click on the image to go fullscreen, then click on it again for full size view)*

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These are the stock photos I used:

https://elevit-stock.deviantart.com/art/E-S-Eagle-158372591 by <a href="https://elevit-stock.deviantart.com/">Elevit-Stock</a>
https://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/art/Beautiful-Sunset-449427174 by <a href="https://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/">night-fate-stock</a>
https://aussiegal7.deviantart.com/art/Galah-Flock-01-153344383 by <a href="https://aussiegal7.deviantart.com/">aussiegal7</a>
https://parides.deviantart.com/art/Harris-Hawk-II-281109353 by <a href="https://parides.deviantart.com/">Parides</a>
https://yumani-chan.deviantart.com/art/Horse-Stock-Algeria-7-125237867 by <a href="https://yumani-chan.deviantart.com/">Yumani-Chan</a>
https://malleni-stock.deviantart.com/art/Sintra-Stock-01-253862000 by <a href="https://malleni-stock.deviantart.com/">Malleni-Stock</a>
https://seluias-stock.deviantart.com/art/Canyon-rock-390481637 by <a href="https://seluias-stock.deviantart.com/">Seluias-stock</a>
https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1437240443155-612416af4d5a?q=80&fm=jpg&s=27a027e3635b2be110ed728c89ca47b3 by Drew Hays @ <a href="https://unsplash.com/">Unsplash</a>

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If you enjoy my art, you can also find in other sites:

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<a href="https://makersplace.com/store/roger_creus_art/">Makersplace</a>
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