Tales of Brave Ulysses

And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

Asian Jungle

New painting I worked on for a friend. Will post final comp soon.

Sunset 9-26

a quick sketch of the sunset tonight.

Sunset

Its been a while, and I hope to now be posting more regularly. I found the sunset quite fascinating this evening; so I ran to my computer to try to replicate it as fast as possible. Here are the results.

Spring Matte Painting Reel 2009

Spring Matte Painting Reel 2009 from Sam Larson on Vimeo.

Coming Home

I've been struggling with the scale and perspective in this shot for a while. I think i finally fixed it. Tell me what you think.

Princess of Persia Final

Final Comp of Princess of Persia

Princess of Persia from Sam Larson on Vimeo.

Area 51 Final

Original Sketch

Danger Zone - Post 1

Here is the proof of concept for the Cloudscapes in project Danger Zone, more to come soon...

Chinese Mountains

Prehistoric First Fire

Princess of Persia

Due to a small matchmove issue, I'm still holding back the video, it will all be posted by next week, meanwhile here are the first and last frames of the sequence.

Blade Runner Update

All quarter i've been working on other projects, and this week i've finally been able to get back to my "blade runner" shot. After some initial research i decided to make the city a worn version of a Hugh Farriss Metropolis. 

W.I.P. 3

W.I.P. 2

W.I.P.

Original Concept

Underwater Sketch

A quick underwater sketch i did tonight.

Arctic City

I did this shot after reading the book, Atlantis Rising, 

Arctic Atlantis from Sam Larson on Vimeo.

Here is a still of the final comp

North by Northwest

My friend and I are working on a recreation of the iconic shot from Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest

We shot our Cary Grant against green-screen, So I am responsible for the for the matte work including the 3d projection, While my friend will be responsible for the biplane and comping. Here is the projected matte painting.

North by Northwest from Sam Larson on Vimeo.

Storm Castle

Here's an oldy but goody from about a year ago, if i find time i'll post it with the cg ocean.

Coming Home - Final Matte

Here it is, I hope you enjoy

Original Sketch

Princess of Persia - Update

She's getting there, i just need to line up all of the match-moved elements, and i'll post the video

Coming Home - Update

Coming along on this one, just need a few final touches to finished it off.

Area 51

Area 51 nightshot thumbnail

Final Painting

Overgrowth

Here is a quick sketch i did before work the other day

Jungle Haze

A friend and I spent an hour yesterday sketching for about an hour. We have since developed a friendly competition which will only drive us to become better. Here is my result.

Coming Home

Here is the sketch for my first matte painting of the quarter...I plan to shoot the foreground element in this lovely minnesota weather. 

Final Painting