Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans,Michael Pangrazio,Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.
There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves !
Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:
exCUSE ME?!?!!??!??! TheYRE PAINTINGS?!??!!?!
SHUT UP I thought they were miniatures!!!!
It’s too beautiful. I could cry.
I love this because I’ll be watching a movie and think “how did they do that? Is that a building they built for this movie? Was it there beforehand? Is it cardboard or CGI? Is that actually some place on Earth that they’re filming?” And the answer to all of these now is “nope, that’s a painting”. I can’t believe some of the most iconic, familiar shots were paintings!
all infinity war did for me was reaffirm the fact that steven grant rogers is The Dramatic Bitch. he couldn’t even make a normal entrance when going to literally save wanda & vision’s lives. not only does he stand on the wrong side of the rails, but he must have been casually standing in the shadows as the train went by, perfectly placed for 10000% effect, until the Peak moment of tension….. then emerges like the baddest bitch in town to fuck shit up, only to be joined by his too kool 4 skool clique….. like wow….. iconic
