Unseelie Fortress
The assignment was to create a villain's headquarters, and map it into real footage that we camera-tracked. I leaned immediately towards a natural environment, and settled on the idea of an unseelie fae stronghold. Something that would both stand out starkly against the landscape, and blend in with it organically.
I chose to build a dark, arcane-looking castle on a mountainside, with fantasy-color trametes fungus, glowworms, and fireflies.
A still shot from my render, for better side-by-side comparison with....
My concept art! A photoshop paintover on top of my footage. I'm really proud of how close my final image was, all things considered!
The nuke tree, including many not-quite intended details... Like my safety moss, for covering the fact that my rendered castle was just a wee bit short in a few spots.