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Comment on Is matte painting dead ? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:59:59 +0000

About ten years ago I visited Syd Dutton at Illusion Arts. At the end of our short time together I asked him how many matte painters are there in the world today? He said hundreds. Then I said how many REAL matte painters are in the world today? Traditional matte painters he asked and I said yeah. About twelve was his response. So in reference to the question…is matte painting (the true art) dead? It is my friend. It most certainly is.

Comment on Mark Sullivan exclusive Interview by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:42:51 +0000

This was a great interview.The world in general does not know who mark s. is nor the people he mentioned. Nontheless they are some of the greatest realist artists who ever lived. Good Job!

Comment on Legend – Tim Curry as The Lord of Darkness by Jason

Jason — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:54:25 +0000

Unfortunatly the art of make-up has been loss and or held back due to CGI. While I believe these advance’s are great when blowing things up and falling FX etc. The REAL feeling of the charactors being real are lost.

Comment on Bill Taylor by jason

jason — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:12:07 +0000

Just a question not knowing if i have the right Bill Taylor, as i believe the one who painted this painting i have has passed away..I was moving a family oneday and this man gave me a bill taylor painting and told me to look after it, i could be worth a few bob oneday, its a painting of a trigger fish, done in 93..let me know its value if u can..thanx

Comment on More Matte Painting from Star Wars by Ian

Ian — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:21:59 +0000

Does anyone know where high resolution images of these photos exist? I would like to use one of them for a digital inkjet wallpaper run for my games room.