April 18  2012

"The world is always changing. Each year new species and adaptations alter the balance of their ecosystems. Filmed on location in Shikoku, Japan, this VFX intensive short film offers a first glimpse into the world of Dust."

Dust is a short film currently in post-production. It's a really cool project, check out the website of the film.

Also, If you want to support the film and get cool prizes for your help go to the Dust Kickstarter page.

Yes, there will be some matte paintings in the film by me :)

April 4  2012

Here's the trailer of Total Recall, the movie I've been working on since August 2011. It's gonna keep me busy until summer, but I'm looking forward to seeing it on the big screen :)

March 26  2012

Sorry for not updating my site for such a long time. I've been super busy with working on Total Recall. 

The trailer of the film is gonna hit the net very shortly. I was also a bit lazy, because I still have some drawings from my London sketchbook that I always forgot to upload. So here are a few more :) More update soon! 

October 1  2011

 London Sketchbook

September 18  2011

Hi there! I've just uploaded some stuff to my concept art gallery. Enjoy!

 

 

August 1  2011

Good news: tomorrow I'm leaving for London to work at one of the best vfx studios in the world: Double Negative. Maybe I'll have the chance to work on the new Batman movie, who knows?

 

June 21  2011

A fantastic blog about the history of matte painting: Matte Shot - a tribute to Golden Era special fx

May 24  2011

I've been nominated for the "Best Digital Matte Painter" of the CGTantra Community Awards 2011.

I think Christian Hecker's gonna win, but anyway, I'm happy for the nomination :)

May 9  2011

 

I won the 1st place at CGTantra "Cities around the world" matte painting challenge (judged by Jason Horley, Alex Jenyon, Nick Marshall). A tutorial of my winning entry can be found at CGTantra.  

May 9  2011

 

 Just finished working on some matte paintings for a new game cinematic made by DIGIC Pictures.

March 1  2011

Finally, my new webpage is online! I still need to upload some stuff, but feel free to look around!

Also, check out my new matte painting reel:

 

For HD click here.

As for my old website, it served me well for three years. It will be available here: www.menyhei.com/old

February 13  2011

Some new matte paintings I'm working on:

 

February 13  2011

I made this piece for a CGTantra digital matte painting challenge. The topic was "across the rooftops". We had to make a night time scene, with full moon-cloudy sky. 

February 13  2011

Another matte painting from Arad. This time it's a cooperative effort of myself and Nick Giassullo. (The painting may seem distorted, but it's gonna be projected back onto geometry.)

February 13  2011

I've made this piece for the Marine Island matte painting contest over at CGChallenges.org  I won the 1st place!

One of my friends, who happens to be a writer, gave me a description of a location in his novel. I've drawn several sketches on paper, then made a tonal sketch and started matte painting. I've worked mostly in Photoshop but I also used Maya for the architecture and Mudbox for some details.