Tattersall Canon Studio

Gale Tattersall (google it) contacted me after finding one of my business cards stuck to a Dick Blick billboard. Apparently he had a Canon workshop/studio being built next door and he wanted someone to visualize the rundown alley next to it as a relaxation space. The focus wasn't on strict accuracy, but trying to match the atmosphere he had in mind as close as possible. Even so, I think this is probably one of my better examples of architectural work (I don't usually work with such strict geometric shapes, preferring the organic anatomy of natural landscapes).

Original features were pretty much just the building on the left, the trees at the far far back, and the surrounding wall and that's pretty much it (even the shed is added). Even the covering is different than their current state as Gale wanted a sort of stucco/plaster texture with faux wear on the walls revealing brick beneath.

You can find Tattersall's new studio/workshop at 11517 1/2 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. It's currently under renovation, but it should be up and running soon as an educational place for those interested in cinematic and still photography. The man himself is very nice, offered me some excellent British tea .

I used this as an opportunity to really play with color and mess with a more impressionist style, a feel I favor whenever I do real media paintings. I've been taking advantage of the toolsets and custom brushes I've found via DA. If you want to know what I've been using, just check the "brushes" gallery in my favorites. I use many of those fairly regularly (the toolset one especially).

Speed painting, completed in about 5 hours using only Photoshop CS4.