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Palace of the Mountain King
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Published: August 31, 2014
Hey all,
this is my latest matte painting made for the "Kings and Queens" contest: wesley-souza.deviantart.com/jo…
I went with the most classic categories, 'Medieval King' and 'Landscape of the kingdom'. The scene is supposed to be all about the castle and the environment, but there also lies a little story hidden in the details if you just look close enough. [:
The castle is based on this excellent stock image (Plaza España in Seville, Andalusia):
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Other stock photos I used are:
King: fav.me/d1dv99o | crown: fav.me/d6iiqjq | Slaves: fav.me/d68nh4f and fav.me/d1mry8c | Guard: fav.me/d53731h | Torches: fav.me/d1e3av3 | Fire: www.cgtextures.com/textures.ph… | Tower: www.everystockphoto.com/photo.… | cliffs: fav.me/d5r8o6g and fav.me/d16luwr | clouds: environment-textures.com/photo… | texture: fav.me/dxuvpd
The background landscape, birds and hand are from my own collection.
I hope you like it!
© Erik Schumacher
This is no stock image, so don't use, copy or manipulate the original artwork without my written permission.
Visit: www.xkire.de
this is my latest matte painting made for the "Kings and Queens" contest: wesley-souza.deviantart.com/jo…
I went with the most classic categories, 'Medieval King' and 'Landscape of the kingdom'. The scene is supposed to be all about the castle and the environment, but there also lies a little story hidden in the details if you just look close enough. [:
The castle is based on this excellent stock image (Plaza España in Seville, Andalusia):
Other stock photos I used are:
King: fav.me/d1dv99o | crown: fav.me/d6iiqjq | Slaves: fav.me/d68nh4f and fav.me/d1mry8c | Guard: fav.me/d53731h | Torches: fav.me/d1e3av3 | Fire: www.cgtextures.com/textures.ph… | Tower: www.everystockphoto.com/photo.… | cliffs: fav.me/d5r8o6g and fav.me/d16luwr | clouds: environment-textures.com/photo… | texture: fav.me/dxuvpd
The background landscape, birds and hand are from my own collection.
I hope you like it!
© Erik Schumacher
This is no stock image, so don't use, copy or manipulate the original artwork without my written permission.
Visit: www.xkire.de
Image size
1680x684px 1.11 MB
IMAGE DETAILS
Software
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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Comments (516)
Very cool. I like how you incorporated the Plaza Espana. Super clean. My wife had a picture of it so I recognized it right away.
yup, it's an awesome and inspiring place for sure. Thanks a lot for the comment!
Thanks a lot for the comment!
nope you're not 
it's based on the same place: La Plaza España in Seville
it's based on the same place: La Plaza España in Seville
Good. But is't the mountain king suposed to be something like mountain spirit
it's just some king living on a mountain, not _the_ king
I was there many times
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