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

D³SCR!PTION

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.