TIGAER-DESIGN.COM_.v5 – Digital Art by Christian Hecker

Comcept 5

This one represents a piece from my concept series. Therefor not a really meaningful title there. These pics are quickies. Just made to roughly nail down an idea. Or generally just for fun. Training to refine certain techniques.

Original Specs:

3000px wide – 6 hrs – vue – photoshop

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THE SHIELD

This one was an idea i had in my head for the last few weeks. I took it to refine my skills using vue and photoshop to create some cool concept arty like stuff. Much like the ‘chase III’ piece, which i finished a few days before this one, i wanted to show a pretty desolate place. The sci-fi background story ‘could’ be something like mining corporations that try to drill for very rare materials on extremely dangerous planets. Due to the atmospheric conditions on that planet some very rare materials could evolve there. Of course there are companies that would risk everything to get those. To work on mines like the ‘shield mines’ is definitely not comfortable. The atmosphere outside consists of floating fires that could burn a man within seconds. It’s as dangerous as it is beautiful. Only special equipment makes it possible to go outside. Of course no one really ‘wants’ to go outside. In the end you can only hope for a cool breeze. =)

Original Specs:

3600px wide – 15 hrs – apophysis – vue – photoshop

The artwork on:
Deviantart – Artstation – Drawcrowd – CGSociety

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THE CHASE III

The primary thing i wanted to accomplish with this quickie was to define a dangerous looking world. The fact that it turned out to be a ‘chase’ piece developed very late in the making. When i had the landscape close to done i saw that the canyon somehow looked perfect for a typical ‘chase’ scenario. So i took the chance. Technically i used a rendered vue plate to nail me the lighting and atmosphere. The vue picture is surely overpainted 99%. The final looks very concept arty and dirty. Exactly how it was intended. Love it!

Original Specs:

3400px wide – 8 hrs – vue – photoshop

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Due to a problem i had with my galleries i updated my wordpress to 2.6. Unfortunately it did not solve the problem. After some heavy trail & error i found a rather unconventional way to solve my problem. Thank god. I also restructured the galleries a bit. As you can see, in the menu on the right, there are two digital painting galleries now. I had the feeling to keep it the way it was might have resulted in a too overloaded gallery. Splitting it up leaves a bit more room to breathe. I’m also thinking about doing that with the photo gallery. We’ll see. That’s pretty much it for now.

Have fun on the site!

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STORMHAVEN

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 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.

Original Specs:

5500px wide – countless hrs – intuos3 – photoshop

print detail here

progress viz here

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And another wallpaper addition to the series. This one has quite a fresh color scheme going on. Will be a magnificient wallpaper i think! The usual sizes are available. Have Fun!

Captured Beauty WP XII

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Wallpapers, wallpapers! This one is a clear exclusion from the rest of the series. Very cool colors this time. Nonetheless quite a nice composition and focus. I’m a fan. Hope you too. =)

Captured Beauty WP XI

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Another fine addition to the series. I really dig the tones here. As well as the transition between the crisp and blurry areas.

Captured Beauty XXXIX

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This is actually an older shot which i rediscovered a while ago. Some digital fine tuning and a piece of coal became a diamond. Wonderful colors in this one. Enjoy!

Captured Beauty XXXVIII

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Another fine addition to the series. I really dig the tones here. As well as the transition between the crisp and blurry areas.

Captured Beauty XXVII

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