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!
This says, so succinctly, what I’ve always tried to say about political correctness and how it is not a new thing, nor is it a bad thing.
Another reason for me to love Paul F. Tompkins.
You have to be funnier than you are offensive. The more offensive the topic, the harder it is to be more funny. Some topics are so offensive that it isn’t likely to ever be funny. You can still try, but don’t be surprised if people don’t like it. The offense some comedians take when their offensive jokes don’t go over is so weird. Like, you just threatened to rape an audience member, but the true victim is you not getting a laugh? Bullshit.