Dylan Cole

The next artist I looked as was Dylan Cole, he’ a matte painter for films and games as well as an art director and concept artist. Dylan usually works on fantasy and science fiction digital paintings which are used as backdrops on films when a 3D background is not needed. This really interested me as I am a fantasy fan and have seen nearly all of the films he has worked on.

Dylan uses Photoshop for all his 2D work and works on massive canvases so the same image can be cropped and used again or zoomed into. While it’s undeniable he has skill, Dylan’s work isn’t really recognisable at first glance and it looks similar to other matte painter’s works, which is what’s needed in films so there is at least some consistency throughout the film.

Dylan’s work is very popular although most people don’t know him by name since not many people know the names of matte painters or designers from films unless they’re already famous.  Dylan has great skill in making his 2D images look 3D and very realistic at the same time, he also has tonnes of detail in his pictures due to the large canvas size, which is one of the reasons I like his work. The thing I like most about Dylan’s work is his attention to detail and the way he makes the images look real even if they’re a fantasy/science fiction environment. The only thing I don’t like about his work is that most of it is just landscapes, and although I understand that is what he’s paid for it is a bit repetitive.