Penguins of Madagascar — CARLOS FELIPE LEÓN

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The penguins of Madagascar

This project was so much fun! I really enjoyed painting characters that were half black and half white. It was a great way to study the effects of colored light, and the amount of contrast on each character was an interesting challenge to make readable compositions.

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Matte painting reference images

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Antarctica lighting keys

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Leopard seals

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Leaving the circus

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Fort Knox

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Captured

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Our directors and production designer wanted using a color palette like the one in “The city of lost children” for this sequence.

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Shanghai market

I loved working on this market sequence. I was inspired by the beautiful look of my good friend Jean-Julien Pous’ film “Seeking you”, a love letter to Hong Kong. You van see his film here