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Some time ago I posted my first version of this castle which was my second matte painting. It wasn't very good and I got a lot of useful comments from you folks. I've taken another course or two in digital matte painting and have been refining the image. And Yes this is my own work, the castle was designed by me with some elements designed and created by Luca Rodolfi (www.rodluc.com)a wonderful European artist. The photo reference pieces came from Caedes and from Dylan Cole (www.Mattepainting.org) I also bought some castle geometry from a fellow who goes by the name of Kaol. You can find him on turbosquid and renderosity. When I'm doing Matte painting and I need a 3D element, I try to find it somewhere rather than create it if it's complex because it's the painting I'm concentrating on. If I get into the geometry and texturing I often forget about my original painting mission...easily distracted Interestingly the mountains and trees come from three different continents and the awesome sky came from a photo by verenabloo. I hope you all like it. Please blow it up before commenting.