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

There are pictures you cannot ignore. They keep you busy and thinking. For me it’s my ‘back to the future’ painting. Last week i took myself, again, some time to refine a few smaller details. Wallpapers and everything have been updated. Aside from that i have some comcept pics ready and a bigger painting. A photorealistic painting… haven’t done one in quite a while. I really dig the painting and hope you guys will too. Stay Tuned!!!

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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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Hades – Valiant

The second image of the ‘hades‘ project, and the one i really (i mean really) like. When i worked on the first image i had the idea with trying to show the same scene from another perspective. Clearly the hero objects are the huge antigrav towers again. First of all i just wanted to see if i can pull it off… and secondly i thought this would add much more depth and credibility to the concept of the world itself. I intended to create that scene similar violent as the first one but ended up with a more peaceful sunset/backlit setup. I’m a fan. And even if there already is so much stuff in my gallery, with a similar light setup, i think this one became something special nonetheless.

Basic 3d plate rendered in VUE and heavily manipulated in photoshop. The fact that i could drag over the resources from the first project, made it very easy to get the stuff done.
Original Specs:

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

Windows 7 ‘Hades – Valiant’ Theme Pack -> Here – Just download and doubleclick to install – if you have any additional questions… just let me know!

All pictures in this Theme Pack are copyrighted by tigaer-design.com and may not used or reproduced without permission. Thank you very much.

Hades – Saevitia

Saevitia was the first picture i finished in my ‘hades‘ project. I wanted a really dangerous looking atmosphere on that planet and did go for warning red colors there. Right from the beginning i knew this is a concept project. No full blown, detailed, monster painting like i did with EPICA for example. Another thing i knew right from the beginning was that i wanted to bring in these hovering flat structures in the sky. Basically these things are cities… but upside down. Antigrav generators keep the whole structure in the air. I cannot really tell why this planet got colonized in the first place… maybe it was an industrial cause. That would explain the dirty, technology look. So yes, as you can see… a lot of experimental stuff.

Basic 3d plate created with VUE and heavily refined with photoshop.

Original Specs:

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

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