Damien Mace

Scifi project

2011-12-26T11:43:00.002Z

Game of Thrones

2011-12-26T11:40:00.003Z

A dmp I did for Game of Thrones. I will upload plenty more soon as I have been working on the entiere first season of the show.

AVATAR

2011-12-26T11:37:00.001Z

the first image is a crop of the wider dmp at the bottom. Sometimes we need to create really big images in order to pan/zoom/rotate inside. Here is an example for Avatar.
You'll notice the stitch is from the previz we worked from.

AVATAR

2011-12-26T11:33:00.000Z

Example of final touch dmp does for full CG movies like Avatar. We took the rendered 3D light and textured, and on top of it we 'painted' additional details.
Here, it's mainly stains and light bounce, as well antennas and other minor details.

Harry Potter 7 part1

2011-02-28T16:40:00.000Z

Concept for HP7. Unfortunatly we didn't got awarded the shot, so you will not find it in the movie.

Concept Space Marines

2010-06-30T13:00:00.000+01:00

A quick concept from William King's book, "Space Wolf".

Sherlock Holmes

2010-06-23T15:41:00.003+01:00

Final

Sherlock Holmes

2010-06-23T15:41:00.000+01:00

Before/After

Sherlock Holmes

2010-06-23T15:40:00.002+01:00

Sherlock Holmes

2010-06-23T15:39:00.003+01:00

Sherlock Holmes

2010-06-23T15:39:00.000+01:00

On the next few post, I will show you some steps in the process of a camera projected matte painting. This example is using 6 Proj Cameras or so. Then on a later stage, a comp artist is adding the people around the shot from live action elements shot with a camera mount on a rig that recreates the same movement all the times.

Prince of Persia

2010-06-21T16:38:00.000+01:00

same as before, but bigger resolution.

Sherlock Holmes

2010-06-21T14:54:00.002+01:00

Projected dmp. Changing the live action elements into old London elements. dmp, had to be split into few layers, then projected.

Prince of Persia

2010-06-21T14:52:00.000+01:00

Projected dmp, needed to re do the environment behind the actor, as well as the ground.

Prince of Persia

2010-06-21T14:50:00.000+01:00

Replacing the ground and revealing a stone path.

Red Balloon the movie

2010-02-21T13:21:00.002Z

Have a look at the movie I co-directed with my friend Alexis Wajsbrot.

http://www.redballoonthemovie.com

Avatar

2010-01-05T12:58:00.001Z

Ok, for those who will look at the movie frame by frame to check where this dmp is, first, the color grade is wrong. It is just a grade for me to work, that have check during the production.
Also, at the very end, Cameron asked to remove the tarmac, and the reflection light are different.
You have to understand that due to Stereoscopic render, I had to provide a LOT of layer, pretty much everything was on layer for the compositor to be more flexible if modification. So you are looking at a flat version I deliver, but then the comp does his.
I will send some more Avatar work I did in the future.

Sherlock Holmes

2010-01-05T12:52:00.000Z

Once again, an other big dmp (16K, 16Bits).
I will post some more cropped details areas later.

Sherlock Holmes

2010-01-05T12:49:00.000Z

This is a HUGE dmp (16 K in 16 Bits), I will send some more details area of that matte painting later.
This is as far as I went, because it is slightly different in the movie, Sean Samuels did a little fix of the Tower Bridge from a client request later on. So in the movie it appears with 3 more lights on the bridge.
Also it is a flat version that I show you, but due to the camer movement it is all projected with a lot of parallax on the right side of it. I will also send that later.

Sherlock Holmes

2010-01-05T12:44:00.000Z

From top to bottom ( plate/dmp/shot )

Sometimes the moon is velvet

2009-12-14T11:59:00.000Z

Concept for "Sometimes the moon is velvet"

Sometimes the moon is velvet

2009-12-14T11:58:00.000Z

Concept for the "Sometimes the moon is velvet" from Thomas Phillips, a good friend of mine. This live action short, looks amazing!

COPS

2009-12-14T11:53:00.000Z

Illustration for a Role Playing Game called COPS, by Asmodee. I did work with them for a little while, then my daytime work did not allow me to carry one, has I was too busy then.

Wolfman

2009-12-14T11:50:00.002Z

Wolfman

2009-12-14T11:49:00.003Z

Wolfman

2009-12-14T11:49:00.000Z

Initially the transformation was meant to be full prosthetic, but we were still asked to do a CG version, so here is some concept for the CG one. I didn't see the movie yet, so I don't know if it has been kept or not.

Red Balloon

2009-12-14T11:36:00.000Z

Concept for "Red Balloon"

Red Balloon

2009-12-14T11:34:00.000Z

Early concept for "Red Balloon", the movie I am co-directing with Alexis Wajsbrot.

Showreel

2009-11-26T12:06:00.002Z

showreel

Narnia Prince Caspian

2009-11-26T11:49:00.000Z

early concept for Narnia Prince Caspian. I only work on the detail part of this concept.

Watchmen

2009-11-26T10:47:00.000Z

lighting variation. It was an early concept before the vfx starts.

Sweeney Todd

2009-11-26T10:44:00.000Z

before/after

Sweeney Todd

2009-11-26T10:43:00.000Z

Before/after
This very dmp was nice as I had to work directly with Tim Burton. There were no supervisor or lead in between to tell me what to do, I really enjoyed it. It's not everyday that T.Burton gives you direct feedback.

Narnia Prince Caspian

2009-11-26T10:40:00.000Z

I had to do 8 or 9 declinations about that cut (shorter, longer, biger, etc...)

Harry Potter 6

2009-11-23T12:28:00.003Z

Quidditch Sequence in the snow. Pre-prod concept for client.

Space Marines

2009-11-23T12:24:00.001Z

Concept for fun. From Warhammer 40K's games

Australia

2009-11-23T12:23:00.001Z

Dusk version for a similar angle... but not quite the same if you look closer.

Australia

2009-11-23T12:22:00.002Z

Daytime matte painting

Australia

2009-11-23T12:21:00.000Z

3D render for matte painting