SciFi Environment Concept

” SciFi Environment Concept ” by Björn Wirtz
9. Now it comes to some fine tuning. A lot of lines in the scene where just to straight and therefore killing the sense of huge scale. I‘ve broken these lines, for example on the air bridges, by sketching in some tiny architectural shapes. Otherwise i‘ve enhanced the separation of building layers to create more depth by selecting a building layer with the lasso tool and then painting over it with a bright colour at a low opacity. This is also a good method to create ground fog.

10. It‘s polishing time now. Looking at the painting i‘ve decided that the top part is really unnecessary and can be copped out, so viewer can better focus on the spaceships in the foreground and the city architecture.
I‘ve also made some subtle tonal and colour changes with colour balance and curve adjustments layers.

Finally the reddish glow effect was added to the top right corner by creating a new layer set to soft light. Then a simple radial gradient from red to transparent was added at the right place. This gives the feeling of the sun shining through and illuminating the particles in the air.

That‘s it for now. I hope you found it useful in some way and can apply some of the tips i gave you in your own painting process. Have fun!
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