This was such a fun and challenging
shot to work on. Besides the clouds associated with the DreamWorks Animation
logo, everything else I had
to paint from scratch. When you're about to see Prince Charming riding
on horseback, the trees were actually a sprite system developed by our
Matte Painting TD, John Fuetsch, for which I painted the maps for of
varying sizes of trees and bushes. Below these three shots from the
film, you can
see some of the previsualization artwork I provided the Production Designer
before we settled on a look and feel for the distant hills.



Below is my initial composite
sketch of how this shot could look.

And below is an in progress
rendering of the lower part of the shot.
