My attempt to make a matte painting using a plate combining 2d and 3d elements. Primary challenge was that the image had no camera info, thus lot of trial and error and eye-balling had to be done to make the light and 3D planes line up and become believable. Procedural city painted with Vue 8.
2 days in making approx, 10 hrs.
Original plate here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_valley.jpg
Tools: Photoshop | Vue 8 (Procedural buildings)
Finished Version