tigaer's CGPortoflio Gallery

Space Center

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:21:59 +0000

This is another try in creating a space station concept. The main thought process here was to create a modular station. Except for the middle part of the station all other parts can be removed and changed. I hope i got that idea translated well.

Technically it was some modelling in Vue and quite some postwork in PS.

Another design try can be found here: http://tigaer.cgsociety.org/gallery/825072/

2538 wide - 15hrs - Photoshop - Vue

Hydro Station

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:57:14 +0000

I have never done a space station so far. It was on my list for a while now, waiting for the right chance. A colleague of mine is working on a script and asked if i could visualize some ideas. I hope it helps him and spawns some ideas. This here is one of the ideas i had.

It was something new for me and therefore fun to do it. Basically some rough modelling (if you can call it modelling...) in Vue. Also rendered in Vue with some touch ups in Photoshop.

3500 wide - 10hrs - Photoshop - Vue

The Expedition

Mon, 04 May 2009 18:57:43 +0000

Vue is your friend! When you�re not exactly the most talented painter then Vue really helps you to create a base for your idea. The weird rock formations/mountains were quickly modelled in C4d and imported to Vue. Ecosystems added a plantlife quickly and kaboom� it�s rendered. Then the fun can happen in Photoshop. This painting is, again, some sort of training piece. Basically i wanted to create a strangely familiar, yet exotic, looking place. It�s also a different colorpalette. Surely a nice addition to my portfolio. When you check the plate (link beneath the description) you will notice how much work was done in Photoshop. Basically i used digital painting to extend different elements and got me some good photo textures to add the level of detail i wanted. The ships were added late in the process and are completely painting. Now i would love to explore this planet with one of those ships!

Hope you enjoy this world as much as i do!

intuos3 - 10hrs - 3500px wide - photoshop - vue

Plate: http://projects.tigaer-design.com/t...on/te_plate.jpg

Red Dawn

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:38:35 +0000

Most of the time i sorta like my work. I�m never 100% happy. And basically, as an artist, you should never be 100% happy with what you do. Just to stay motivated and inspired. Now with this piece i�m almost 90% happy. And that�s a lot.

I�m a sucker for backlit, sunset scenes so here we have another one. I would also say that this is pretty much a matte painting quality again. Haven�t tried myself in that for a while. Now the plate i rendered myself with Vue really kicked a**, and i wanted to make it look somewhat photo real. The rendertime needed for the plate was something around 26hrs. I also got some nice photo reference material from a good friend and used some in my painting. Roger...! I love you.

Hope you like it as much as i do!

5000px wide - Intuos3 - Photoshop - Vue7 - 30hrs Preparation & Plate Rendering - 20hrs Postwork

Plate & Print Detail can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=607

Gates To Elysium

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:04:02 +0000

This is my benchmark painting for this year. That means it's something i invested a special amount of time into. I started with c4d and daz3d city blocks. I took them apart to isolate the models i was interested in, and used the cutted models to build me the structures you see in the pic. It was a lot of fun to take something apart to create something completely new with it.

The final render was composed with vue and also rendered in different passes. Basically for each hero element i rendered a single picture. All in all it were surely 40/45hrs of render time.

Photoshop kicked in to bring it all together. As well for enhancing and adding different effects. With help of painting and manipulation i tickeled the juice out of the renders i made.

Intuos3 - Photoshop cs4 - Vue7 - 7hrs Preparation & Concept Phase - 40hrs Rendertime - 20hrs Postwork

Specific Info & Video & Wallpaper Pack: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=539

ProgressViz: http://projects.tigaer-design.com/gte/gte_progress.jpg

Comcept 13

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:25:51 +0000

Yet again playing around with a vue render i had on my hd for ages. I finished this i merely two day by throwing together some models and textures. Just for fun.

Specific Info: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=602

Comcept 12

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:45:54 +0000

I had this Vue 7 cloud testrender on my HD for ages and always wanted to do something with it. Now recently i found some time for it. Basically i wanted the clouds to be the main thing in the pic... so i painted a little ship that's on the way to somewhere. I always imagine myself sitting in that ship... and watching these amazing huge clouds fly by. That would be a lot of fun i think!

Technically it�s Vue 7 for the clouds and sky. I was playing around with filters in Photoshop and, of course, the ship was created with help of my wacom and some custom brushes. All in all 7hrs for the rendering on my Laptop machine and 2hrs to finish the pic up in Photoshop.

Tons of Wallpapers for this one can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?page_id=153

Have Fun!

Comcept 11

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:29:02 +0000

From time to time it's fun to work on more loose paintings. Just smashing together some textures and see what comes out of it. Waiting for the lucky accident that makes you go �click�� and start to refine things a bit. That�s what i did here. No specific target in mind. Just had a nice Vue forest render and played around with it.

Specific Info: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=584

Wish You Were Here

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:58:39 +0000

I�m on a landscape trip these days. I guess i need a break from the Sci-Fi theme. Now on this project i learned a lot about Vue again. As always. This time i worked with own textures and checked out how terrains handle it, how i can effectively use this technique for my future projects. While, of course, there is Photoshop work in here� it definitely is less than usual. I had to overpaint a few areas that did not come out like expected. I also reworked the colors and atmosphere a bit� as well as changing the clouds. So in the end it�s 50/50 between pure Vue and postwork with Photoshop. While i was indeed targeting a more photorealistic look i couldn�t resist making the atmosphere a bit more vivid than it would actually be in a photo. Ultimetaly it adds a new combination of colors to my overall gallery and therefor also adds more flexibility.

No specific story behind that picture except the fact that i wanted to make it look earthly� yet� other worldy in its overall appearence. Hope i succeded! Hope you like it!

Photoshop - Vue - Intuos 3 - 4500px wide - 24hrs

The Gates

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:49:02 +0000

And another starwars inspired try in cityscape environment design. No big story for this one. Just fiddled around with vue and photoshop - just for fun. That�s why the basic look of it is kinda dirty and gritty� concept arty. I kinda like the result that offers a nice depth to the eye. Technically i was messing around with texures and brushes in photoshop. The difference in this painting basically is the perspective that hopefully makes the viewer feel as if we�re flying into the city. So� i hope you enjoy the trip.

intuos3 - 8hrs - 3000px wide - photoshop - vue

Plate: http://projects.tigaer-design.com/thegates/tg_plate.jpg

Van Diemen's Retreat

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:34:19 +0000

Here we have the first painting i did on my new machine. I had the actual cave background plate render on my disk for a while now and used this project to see what the new machine can do. I�m pretty happy with the results i got from this project. Computer speed wise as well as painting result wise. I really used Vue a lot here to render out different elements for the background and foreground. The crystals, ships and trees were implemented with help of multipass rendering. Due to the speed of my new machine i finished the painting in a very good time.

Full Background Story: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=490

Work Progress: http://projects.tigaer-design.com/vdr/vdr_progress.jpg

Crystal Lake

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:04:15 +0000

This one was in the works for quite some time now. I�m not entirely happy with the results but i did my best to make it look somewhat interesting. Again it�s a try in digital matte painting combining rendered elements with photo. A friend of mine always said that i need something snowy for my portfolio and so i did it. I did not have any specific concept in mind for this one except the fact that i wanted crystals in there. The crystals were modeled in C4d and imported into Vue. There i created an eco system and painted them onto the landscape. Worked pretty good! Only the integration process in Photoshop was quite difficult. Some pieces are fun to work on and others can become quite heavy work. This one was work. Nonetheless i hope the stormy mountain atmosphere works and you�ll get some goosebumps from the cold the image shows!

5000px wide - photoshop

more specific info & wallpapers here:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=482

Plate:

Aempyrean Decadence

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:59:49 +0000

Imagine cities, that large that it all is built in levels. One on top of another. Like it's kind of happening in Hong Kong today. Your position in society is reflected by on what level you live. Now this society has risen up so high that it couldn't stand on its own feet anymore. Society, as well as the architecture, starts to fall apart. The ignorance of wanting it all more bigger and larger than large doomed them to break apart. Only a few search and rescue teams, all volunteers, mustered up the strength to go out there. Millions of people trappend in this catastrophe, finally realizing the downfall of their, once so strong and inspiring, empire.

Well, that could be one of many interpretations of what's going on in the picture.

Specific Technical Info: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=451

5760px wide - photoshop - intuos3 - 1 week

Comcept 10

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:16:03 +0000

Another addition to my comcept series. It's basically some training pieces i do from time to time. For this one i had an old vue test render i always wanted to use for something. Here i found it. Always loved speeder chase scenarios... so here we have three flyers, chasing through a canyon on another planet, to find... who knows what. =)

Hope you like what you see. Feedback very welcome.

3500px wide - 1 week - photoshop

more specific info & wallpapers here:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=382

Vue Plate:

Epica

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:06:51 +0000

this one took forever. not just because i took it to learn new stuff. 85% of the lights/windows you see in this pic were either painted or modified in by hand. nonetheless this pic is basically a dream come true for me since i love such futuristic vistas and i always wanted to create one myself.

i started with basic 3d objects of futuristic shaped buildings and modified them. then i got into vue to arrange my scene. took tons of hrs for testrenders etc. then i oved into photoshop once i got what i wanted... and started the real work.

more specific info, and wallpapers, can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=134

a documentation with hi-res screenshots can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=135

Descent Heart

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:41:28 +0000

This painting is sort of special to me. I made it in a rather unusual way... at least when it comes to my personal work process. This time i really painted something. Without any help of 3d plates. I started to understand the importance of custom brushes. This painting captured me and kept me going. From my POV it's one of the best pieces in my portfolio so far. Time to be proud. =D

It started as a tiny just for fun concept. Actually i created a flyer design and wanted to have a rough environment around it to make it simply work/feel better. In the end the environment forced me to throw out the flyer design... since i really liked what was happening there on screen. I added photo textures to suggest detail once i had all the shapes laid out for me. Later on i worked with lots of adjustment layers to get me the right lighting and atmosphere for the environment.

Hope you like what you see. Feedback very welcome.

5000px wide - 1 week - photoshop

more specific info & wallpapers here:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=337

WIP:

The rough flyer design i started with:

The Shield

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:33:42 +0000

this one was fun to do. a playground to try out a few old and new things. i did a basic plate in vue and reworked bascially everything in photoshop. goal was it to create a very dangerous environment. heat everywhere... winds of fire striding through the atmosphere. i hope i managed to get that part done. since i'm a big scifi fan... this one has a scifi touch too. the structures are supposed to be mining facilities. i wouldn't want to work there... how about you?

vue without postwork: http://projects.tigaer-design.com/t...ield_pure3d.jpg

Wallpaper:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?page_id=153

Specs:
intuos3 - 3600wide - vue - photoshop

feedback, as usual, welcome =)

Comcept 7

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:25:02 +0000

another comcept piece here. a series of training images. in other words... concept illustrations.

in this piece i wanted to go for a visual appealing perspective through plain composition. over the years i've seen some amazing pieces here on cgtalk and wanted to do something similar. a sci-fi scene just because i'm a fan. =) i wish i was that guy standing there... waiting for his transport.

4500px wide - 20 hrs - vue - photoshop

more specific info & wallpapers here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=308

Mistral Coast

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:01:03 +0000

found a nice photo stock showing a nice beach scene and immediately wanted to do something with it. started to play with it and used vue to implement some alien looking elements. hdri rendering helped me a lot there. it was fun!

intuos3 - 40hrs - 5800px wide - photoshop - vue

more specific info here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=237

this pic shows the creation progress a bit.

Stormhaven

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:28:54 +0000

Stormhaven was in, kind of, production for surely 2 months now. Every now and then i did a bit on it. Tried tons of things. Not everything worked out as expected. Nonetheless i hope the long time did not hurt the overall impression of the image. At first i made the environment fit together along with a nice lighting. Rather in the end i added this city like element which is kind of a haven for all kinds of flying vehicles. It�s clearly fantasy and i like the wideness of it. Pure photoshop work this time. No help of 3d elements. Nonetheless, in the end, a typical matte painting i guess.

Wallpapers:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?page_id=153

Original Specs:
5500px wide - intuos3 - photoshop

this is a progress of how i worked and a print detail preview (large files!!!):

Comcept 8

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:08:35 +0000

another addition to my comcept series. just aimed for a rough style and a futuristic environment, as well as a try to visualize some sense of 'speed' in this scene.

more specific info here:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=232

photoshop - vue - intuos3 - roughly 7 hrs

Synchrotone

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:59:00 +0000

basically a just for fun project. every now and then i feel the need to go abstract. especially when i need a new wallpaper. a large wp pack of this one can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=221 - 10mb of all possible wp resolutions.

the pic is made with various mediums. i started with a nice macro photo plate i shot. i loved the colors and wanted to do something with it. got me some neat looking apophysis renders and started to play with photoshop. this project was fun.

canon 20d - 105mm sigma macro lens - apophysis - lightroom- photoshop - 6000x4000 - 300dpi - 5hrs

Comcept 6

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:49:23 +0000

this was a quickie mainly thought to nail down an idea i had. i wanted a cold looking environment... foggy... not easy to handle for the human body. i think i got it down nicely... and i'm not the one who would cross that bridge first... no no.

vue used to create a background plate to paint over. a lot of work in ps including textures and creating detail. i'm still trying to find myself, and my technique, a fitting way for concept art.

3760px wide - 7 hrs - vue - photoshop

feedback welcome.

Comcept 5

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:46:21 +0000

a just for fun concept... maybe a bit inspired by the mass effect game. vue used to create a basic model of the structure. rendered with hdri and reworked with photoshop.

3000px wide - 6 hrs - vue - photoshop

The Chase III

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:33:32 +0000

recently i'm concentrating a bit more on concept arty like stuff. playing around with filters to give the stuff a cool final look. the base for this picture was created in vue and got overpainted in photoshop.

Wallpaper:
http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?page_id=153

Specs:
intuos3 - 3400wide - vue - photoshop

feedback, as usual, welcome

Down The River Arend

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:50:09 +0000

once again a digital matte painting experiment. the pic was running through lots of different stages while i worked on it. it started with a scifi concept but ended in a fantasy painting.

i know it looks a bit rough but somehow i like that style. i don't wanna justify lazy work ;p - more than 30hrs of work can't be lazy. i guess i just like the rough look and did not try to alter it too much since it kinda fits to the theme.

title is from the belgariad saga from the books by david eddings. i love the series.

Print Detail: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45952757/
Different Work Stages: http://www.tigaer-design.com/projects/arend/stages.jpg

30hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 4300px wide - 300dpi

Wallpapers Available on: http://www.tigaer-design.com -> art galleries -> scenery -> scroll down - 1600x1200 / 1024x768 / 800x600

Hades - Valiant

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:59:32 +0000

this is the second image i did for a small and dirty personal concept project. i had this idea about a very dangerous planet environment in my head for a while now. the inspiration for this one came from blade runner and privateer 2 (an old pc game). for this project i did two images. while the first image was showing the scene from farther away... we now are directly within the city. originally it was intended to look as voilent as the first concept... but somehow i drifted away and made this one more peaceful. can't help myself... love backlit situations. =)

the image was made with vue, to create me a base to work with, and photoshop to refine and overpaint everything.

3400px wide - 8hrs ps work - intuos3 - vue - photoshop

render without postwork: http://projects.tigaer-design.com/h...iant_pure3d.jpg

more specific info, and wallpapers, can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=138

Enlightened

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:08 +0000

This one will be a book cover of the romanian release of gene wolfe's "book of the long sun" fantasy novel. Have had a hard time with the characters there, since i'm far away from being a character artist. On the other hand i managed to bring together some nice architecture. So the good and bad things balance out each other which results in a satisfying feeling from me for the pic.

The scene in the pic is a very special scene from the actual story in the book. Our main character becomes enlighted by one of the gods of his world.

Specific info can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=133

Early concepts

Painting progress

Hades - Saevitia

Mon, 26 May 2008 21:17:04 +0000

this is a small and dirty concept project i did for myself. i had this idea about a very dangerous planet environment in my head for a while now. the inspiration for this one came from blade runner and privateer 2 (an old pc game). for this project i did two images. the second one will be posted later this week.

the image was made with vue, to create me a base to work with, and photoshop to refine and overpaint everything.

3400px wide - 14hrs ps work - intuos3 - vue - photoshop

more specific info, and wallpapers, can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=138

Long Way Home

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:28:11 +0000

made deal with a buddy of mine who does photography. detail24 <- check him out. he gave me a picture plate and my job was it to do magic. i tried and... sorta... succeeded i think. as always i'm not 100% happy with it. more info about the pic can be found on my webpage.

feedback is welcome and, as always, appeciated.

25hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 5300px wide - 240dpi

Wallpapers can be found in the gallery.

See here for Print Detail.

See here for various concept stages.

See here for plate i started plate with.

Citizen Erazed

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:18:36 +0000

concept art for a game.

goal was it to create a really really rotten place. it's obvious that something really bad happened there. definitely a place i would not want to live in.

intuos3 - 20hrs - photoshop - vue

Comcept 3

Sat, 17 May 2008 19:30:08 +0000

a compositional training piece. done in a few hrs with help of photoshop and vue. used a 3d render for a base to do the painting on.

Comcept 2

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:26:06 +0000

a compositional training piece. done in a few hrs. a 3d base render was used to help with perspective for the painting.

Sojourn Of Faith

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:24:22 +0000

A painting for a cd cover. Done in photoshop with digital matte painting techniques. I also created a 10pg booklet as well as the back cover.

specific info can be found here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=128
and here: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/?p=132

some downsized photo references i used: it is a gif animation about how the photos, i worked with, were used.

The Falls

Mon, 29 May 2006 19:41:34 +0000

this kind of image was floating around in my head since "the fellowship of the ring" came out. it's been some time since then and i worked hard to gain myself an expertise that helps me to create such images. my inspiration were dylan coles and dussos matte work on the lotr movies.

photoshop - 25hrs - intuos3 - 6000px wide - 300dpi

some downsized photo references i used: i'm sure you can find the spots where i used them.

go there to risk a look into the making process: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/thef...-mattecompo.jpg (2,4mb large jpg)

go here for some detail captures: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/thef...tails4print.jpg (2,3mb large jpg)

wallpapers available on my website http://www.tigaer.com
feedback appreciated

LEGACY

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:53:24 +0000

this one, as usual, started as a simple concept piece. topic was "things that could change the world". as usual i worked far too long on the pic with getting new ideas on a regular basis which i had to try out here.

this time i worked a lot with filters and vue to get my across the idea in my head.

it's funny how people keep telling me that the pic reminds them on tiberum (from the c&c series), crysis or even final fantasy 10. i have to admit that i got a little bit inspired by crysis here.

30hrs � photoshop � vue � intuos 3 - 5200px wide

Print Detail: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/lega...tails4print.jpg

W.O.L.F

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:39:36 +0000

A friend of mine made fun of the title and named it �World Of Lurking Faeries�. Bullseye. =)

Once again i worked with digital matte painting techniques. Lots of photo reference. The waterfalls were created with 3dsmax. It was just a test i did. The render suited the painting� so i used the waterfalls in it.

Reference Material:
http://www.tigaer.com/projects/wolf/wolf_both.jpg

Print Detail: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/wolf...tails4print.jpg
(2,5mb)

Wallpapers on my website tigaer.com

25hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 5000px wide - 300dpi

Also made an animation to this one with 3dsmax and After Effects. Feel free to look here: http://tigaer.cgsociety.org/gallery/483463/

Wolves Howling

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:51:29 +0000

First of all a thanks to caustickstock!

I found a stock pic on deviantart.com and i got permission from the artist, mentioned above, to use it on a painting project.

I decided to create a 'night' version of my 'forsaken soul' picture -> the forsaken soul

first rough worksteps

wallpapers & more specific info about the pic

Any kind of feedback is appreciated.

The Forsaken Soul

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:45:29 +0000

First of all a thanks to caustickstock!

I found a stock pic on deviantart.com and i got permission from the artist, mentioned above, to use it on a painting project. When i found the pic i immediately started to play with it. I did not manage to get my hand off of it and so i continued with this one just for fun. I was not focussing on detail... i kept my eyes on atmosphere and lighting. I think i got a nice result here.

first rough worksteps

wallpapers & more specific info about the pic

Any kind of feedback is appreciated.

Trilith

Fri, 25 May 2007 11:06:33 +0000

Imagine a distant planet or parallel world where there is only forrests, mountains and exotic animals. And all life springs off mysterious mile high mountains that can bind the energy of the planets inner forces to create an ecology that is unique throughout the whole known universe.

Here we have another digital matte painting. This time i worked a lot with photos and less with 3d or painting. It was quite a task to get all the photos look right with the lighting etc. I don�t think i succeeded 100%. Nonetheless it�s, for me, a quite nice result. Something different for my gallery.

35hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 5500px wide - 300dpi

Wallpapers can be found in the gallery.

See here for Print Detail.

See here for various concept stages.

See here for plate i started plate with.

The City of Lights

Wed, 02 May 2007 17:32:30 +0000

I had this one lying around forever. So i thought about finishing it up... and so i did. I maintained a concept art look since i thought it helps the pic to come together. I played a lot with different ideas, which caused the long work time.

Hope it works.

30hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 6000px wide - 300dpi

Wallpapers Available on: http://www.tigaer-design.com - 1600x1200 / 1024x768 / 800x600

Print Available here: http://www.deviantart.com/print/949943/

Trip to the City II

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:26:27 +0000

this one here is more a quicky painting. training for me. i got a, not too attractive, terragen render from a friend that told me 'do your magic'... and i did.

here the tg render i started with: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/tttc2/tg.jpg (the original had 3000x2000)

digital matte painting - 10hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - terragen - 3200px wide

FOLLOW THAT LINK TO DOWNLOAD FREE PRINT SOURCEFILES -> http://www.tigaer.com/projects/tttc2/tttc2.html You should find all info on that site. Quality of the files should be good enough for a nice a4 size print. Or better... on a good printer. Have Fun! Rawk On!

Nightshade Vale

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:43:16 +0000

picture info:

this pic was intended to become a fantasy book cover but unfortunately there were complications and it was not used. so i decided to invest more time into it. you can see the final result here. i basically worked with matte painting techniques to make the image look like i wanted it to be. worked with lots of photos i took a few weeks ago in the alps. this pic is quite different to my other work so i'm pretty happy with the result and think it's a nice addition to my portfolio.

please let me know what you think. thank you

additional info:

30hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 5500px high - 300dpi - project folder: 1.8gb - psd: 460mb

progress visualization: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/nvale/prog.jpg

print detail: http://www.tigaer.com/projects/nval...tails4print.jpg

print available here: http://www.deviantart.com/print/399329/

wallpaper pack available on http://www.tigaer.com in the art galleries / scenery / scroll down to the bottom.

Elysia

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:05:19 +0000

Finished this one maybe 2 months ago. The building is completely painted. Was quite some work... but the result counts and i'm more than happy with it. This piece is surely one of my best. Now i would like to hear some general opinions from cgtalk members.

Building Detail:

Misc Detailshots: (large file) http://www.tigaer-design.com/projects/elysia/el_details4print.jpg

Wallpapers available on my website tigaer-design.com

Back To The Future

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:13:49 +0000

the path from the old into the new. made with photoshop in merely 40hrs. my first real attempt in matte painting. let me know what you think.

check here for development animation: http://www.tigaer-design.com/projects/bttf/mpanim.gif

2nd development visualization: http://www.tigaer-design.com/projects/bttf/mp-howfar.jpg

print details: http://www.tigaer-design.com/projects/bttf/bttf_details4print.jpg

wallpapers available on my website. art galleries / scenery gallery / scroll down.

Anchorage

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:25:16 +0000

I started this one as a concept quickie but it evolved to a full scale project. I had this sort of scene in my head quite a while and finally was able to bring that into digital binaries.

Made completely with photoshop. Some photo textures were used to bring in detail where necessary.

Hope you like it.

30hrs - intuos3 - photoshop - 5000px wide - 300dpi

Wallpapers Available on: tigaer-design.com -> art galleries -> scenery -> scroll down - 1600x1200 / 1024x768 / 800x600

Path to Heaven

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:45:41 +0000

this pic was a commission job. goal was it to create a heavenly kind of world. this pic is something very different to the scenery work i did so far... so it was quite a challenge. there are a few parts i'm not too happy with but in general i'm proud of it. i started with concepts. used own stock photography for this piece to build most of the elements in the pic. i extended these parts with paintings to make them fit my needs.

40hrs - intuos3 - 6000px high - 300dpi - basics psd: 150mb / adv. elements psd: 250mb

print detail: http://www.deviantart.com/view/37190701/

The Chase

Thu, 11 May 2006 22:46:24 +0000

a digital painting i finished 2 weeks ago. yes i worked with a few photography textures to add detail to some elements in the pic. rock/surface textures. i'm not yet a very good digital painter but i'm learning. the inspiration to this piece... i'm not sure... maybe i was inspired by ryan churchs piece. the one with that battle in the sky. don't know the title.

generally a training piece. so if you can give me hints or tips about the composition... perspective... etc... give it to me! =)

Astounding

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:31:59 +0000

astounding was created a few months ago. i wanted to create something freaky looking and so i played with a fractal program named apophysis. the results reminded me on the effect they created for that riddick movie on that one hot planet/moon... when the sun comes up and throws that cool looking spirals. the sun in my piece looks a bit more friendly. the landscape was rendered in terragen. i added a lot of elements, incl the apophysis render, via photoshop.
wallpapers available on: >> my website <<
advice, critique and general thoughts = very appreciated. =)
thanks
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