This shot, like a lot of shots on the project, was touched by a great many people. I believe it was finished in MPC London, based on a Terragen setup created by myself and the environment lead, Scott Russell.
MPC Ad Astra 2
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Concept swamp
Swamp house concept, based on a base render from ‘Vue’.
Leap year castle
The largest castle set extension
Leap Year Apartment
Boston Apartment Skyline. The script called for the apartment (despite being on a higher floor) to feel crowded by the surrounding buildings.
Neverland stone bridge
A lot of the work on this show was turning exterior shots (from Ireland) into the fantastical landscapes of ‘Neverland’. Many of the forest shots were supposed to contain deep canyons with natural stone bridges, but were simply shot with cones or small pieces of bluescreen on the ground.
Neverland white wood 1
First shot of the ‘White Wood’ environment. The simple sets and the odd design for the forest made these shots very tricky to create.
Sanctuary lotus headquarters
Lotus Defense Corps Headquarters from Ep. 2 ‘Uprising’.
Architecture of the main buildings is loosely based on the old ‘Apple’ campus.
Destroyed London
Concept for post-destruction London. Final matte painting was done by RodeoFX.
triffoil refinery 3
Triffoil refinery establishing shot. Source renders of the main refinery building provided by others.
LVK aerial forest DMP
‘Cragwich Forest’ aerial shot – the first time I used ‘Vue’ in production, as well as the first full establishing of my career
Cave mouth
Cave mouth DMP. Shot in Bourne Woods, near Farnham in the UK. It’s such a popular filming location that there were lots of set pieces from other shows handing around – the random junk in this plate was from ‘Band of Brothers’.
Tornado field supercell
‘Supercell’ matte painting for the ‘Tornado’ episode. Miniature trailer from ‘The Model Unit’. Source photo for the supercell from ‘Extreme Instability’
Skyline final DMP
Final matte painting of the ‘Skyline’ stadium. Initial renders done in ‘Vue’.