[damatheirin]

Dion Lesage l Final Fantasy XVI

[korraavaatu]

▼▲ \ The Legend of Korra //▲▼

[as-warm-as-choco]

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:

[the-time-goddess-of-221b-deacti]

exCUSE ME?!?!!??!??! TheYRE PAINTINGS?!??!!?!

[starsintheskysandsontheshore]

SHUT UP I thought they were miniatures!!!!

[sodeartomyheart]

It’s too beautiful. I could cry.

[firey-rising-demon-deactivated2]

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!

[that4amkick]

Neku vs. Sora waking up in Scramble Crossing

[kikuism]

classics series:

Iconic Anime of The 90s 

[4nimalparty]

[duncan-rohanne]

Trilla Suduri aka the Second Sister in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orden

[ramielok]

[scenograph]

The Legend of Korra - The Art of the Animated Series - Book 04 - Balance (2015)

[spideygriz]

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji, get in the robot!

Shinji: No.

Evangelion Death & Rebirth: Shinji, get in the robot!

Shinji: No, also does this really count as a separate work?

End of Evangelion: Shinji, get in the robot!

Shinji: No, I'd rather get shot tbh.

Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0: Shinji, get in the robot!

Shinji: We went over this back in '95, no way.

Rebuild of Evangelion 2.22: Shinji, get in the robot!

Shinji: I still really don't want to, fuck that.

Rebuild of Evangelion Q: FOR CHRIST'S SAKE SHINJI WHATEVER YOU FUCKING DO DON'T GET IN THE ROBOT.

Shinji: KAWORU AND I ARE GONNA GET IN THE ROBOT, DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS.

[spideygriz]

The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirith.

[bedabug]

I am in love with the trend of bored Architects photoshopping increasingly ridiculous ideas for the Notre Dame roof

the community pool one tho is art

[bedabug]

[carnival-phantasm]

How is it gonna catch on fire if it’s made out of water? Fucking brilliant

[sirdinhosaur]

@sirdinhosaur

[spookyviper-deactivated20161219]

Thank god for Russian dash cams to bring us wonders like this

[imthegirlwhowaited]

they’re saying it’s 3am and they’re so tired and lets just drive and get out of here and then it happens and they’re like ‘well that woke me up”

[africanaquarian]

That’s what his no driving ass get

[chuuzus]

welcome to the age of female superheroes

[lesbiansassemble]

this video is my sexuality

[eilowyn1]

Okay that cut from Captain Marvel to Wonder Woman to Valkyrie–I have needed that my whole life.

[aidashakur]

[impostory]