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tigaer-design.com proudly presents: terragen - cydonia mensae

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mars. this planet gets more and more fascinating the deeper we move into the 21th century. i personally can't wait to see the first human play baseball on mars. that'll give some great home runs huh? we live in exciting times... and the most exciting lie still before our feet. it's just one step and we hold the key to the universe in our hands.

if you know the movie 'mission to mars' you'll probably know what i want to express with this piece. mars is a barren, rocky, sometimes stormy and absolutely harmful environment for us humans. though future technology might be helpful to tame mars's hazardous environment. all things necessary for live on mars are given - but frozen. i'm sure 'we' will find a way to live there and spread mankind into 'our' solar system.

TECHN!CAL DETA!LS

okay, where shall i start. again i tried to improve my skills on a special thing. in this piece i tried to advance my brushing skills. along with digital painting. it's not much to see of it because i still added a lot of photography that i manipulated to make all fit right. as i said a lot of photography used to texturize my work... the mountains... surface... details. of course all OWN photography. no stock used... as always. previous mars project: [link] :: terragen - fields of cydonia

STATS

rendered with // terragen ver. 9.19
rendered resolution // 3800x2850
rendering time // 1 render - ca. 4 hours
render without post process // [link]
post process done in // photoshop cs
post process time // over a period of 3 weeks (ca. 30 hours work)
total filesize // *.psd with a res. of 3800x2850 -> 395mb
total layers // ca. 54
inspired by // the movie "mission to mars" by brian de palma

concluding words: this piece is actually not intended to appear as realistic as possible. it's my impression of mars. how the planet's surface looks now, looked ages before or will look in the future.

happy viewing... and thanks if you read all down to this spot =)

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::::::::::::.... uPDATE 12.09.04

reworked the surface to make it look more intense and perceptible. reworked texturing generally a bit. prints updated too.

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:iconhammerz:
omg, very very nice once again!

the name made me think of the female menstruation cycle at first though :S

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:icontr4cid:
I think i'm the first to comment... ( i think...) well.... i have no words... the work is simply amazing!!! I love your photoshop post work on the terrains!!!
you are really good on this!!
:iconparanoidinhell:
well, this looks absolutely great, it's obvious that this took a lot of time :D
besides a spot of 2 in which the blending/edited part unrealistic it all looks very good and the overall athmosphere is nice as all your renders, good job!
:iconfamous:
Amazing job, man :D
:icontr4cid:
i think that i'm the first to comment your work.... well it is simply amazing!!! i love your post work with photoshop, you work very good :D :clap: the colors and the lights are very well!!!
:iconhammerz:
omg, very very nice once again!

The title made me think of the menstruation cycle for women though :S

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:iconrat-1986:
:clap: Excellent :D

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:iconsycho:
Awesome man, love the theme itself, of extreme conditions and enviroment. The only thing I think is missing is some way of showing the sometimes extreme heat there are on the planet.

Totally love the "mission to mars" movie. :love:
:iconbka-ratte:
Very cool man....I don't have the real t-gen eye and not a skilled enought eye but in my point of view it's really amazing, man!
you've done a nice job....
perhabs I'll have a look a t-gen in a few years ....we'll see ;)

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:iconebba:
wow, beautiful work! i love those tornados :D
and mars is my fav. planet ^^

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