Negotiated project: Matte painting background for Jake

These are reference images

Why I chose these images, I chose the castle because I that is where he live. From the character design I made him look wealthy so a castle is a fitting place of resident for him. I had to change the lights that effect the castle. The second picture got a nice feel to the landscape, It look dramatic because of the sunset. The mountain and everything looks like hell perfect for the last boss. I removed the dragon and replace it with the castle. I The fantasy tree on the last picture, it wraps around the castle, to give a feeling of getting control, overwhelm by the dark energy. So I change the texture of it so it match the background.