Can rewind and review a matte shot over and over again on DVD and Blu Ray. I still love the old matte paintings which are more painterly. Mary Poppins and The Island at the Top Of the World are my favorite matte painting shows, with paintings by Peter Ellenshaw. 10. Tell us about the transition from Matte Artist to Freelance cover artist? I understand you had a desire to be a Del Ray illustrator. I started doing book covers in my spare time while working at Disney, and I would generally do one or two assignments a month while working there. My first cover was for Donald Wolheim at DAW Books. I had my eye on also working for Del Rey Books, one of the most prestigious publishing companies at the time. I regularly submitted samples to them, and didn't get any response for about
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MAGIC THREE INDY MATTE ARTISTS WHO MADE MOVIE MAGIC INTO A SEAMLESS ART.
Michael Pangezio Pangrazio worked for Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm where he studied under legendary artist Ralph McQuarrie. In 1988, Pangrazio went on to form his own company Matte World Digital and transitioned from film to digital artistry.
Caroleen ‘Jett’ Green Green has created rich, luminescent, and endlessly detailed matte paintings for film since 1984 when she began her career at Industrial Light & Magic. Jett’s early credits include The Never Ending Story, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Star Trek 3. With the 80's came Photoshop and for a decade or so Jett painted as a switch hitter, working both traditionally and digitally.
David’s first published cover.
2 years. I then visited New York City to show my portfolio around, and when I had my appointment with Del Rey Books, the legendary editor, Judy Lynn Del Rey, took me to lunch and gave me my first assignment. It was one of the happiest days of my life. They had been looking at my work for two years, and finally decided I was ready to be part of their line.
Mark Sullivan Mark studied painting and illustration at the Columbus College of Art and Design and spent several years in his parent’s basement photographing a 16mm demonstration reel of stop motion animation and matte painting effects shots. He has worked on include: Rainman, Bugsy, The Hudsucker Proxy, Kundun,” and Apocalypto. Mark was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in the 1991 film Hook.