It looks like the team behind upcoming animated Star Wars show Maul – Shadow Lord learned a lot from their predecessors, as they used traditional matte glass painting techniques to bring the cityscape of Janix to life.
In an interview with the official Star Wars site, Vice President of Lucasfilm Animation Athena Portillo explained that the team opted for old-school filmmaking methods to create the backdrop. "Cinematography, Lighting and VFX Director Joel Aron really took it up a notch with going back to the practical ways of capturing brush strokes by painting them on glass, shooting them, then strategically placing them in shots. He even went back to establishing matte paintings on canvas," said Portillo.
