Digital matte painting art by Christian Hecker, Germany. Download full image here.

From the artist:

Another one of my big ideas done. I wanted to do that kind of image for years! Now i finally could do it. Since i saw the fellowship of the ring on the big screen i had this kind of pic in mind. When the first part of the lotr trilogy hit the big screen i barely started my journey through scenery art. back then i did not know that i would come that far with my work. today i think… it was a long way! and there is still so much to learn. special thanks to gary tonge for some composition hints! helped a lot!

25hrs – intuos3 – 6000px wide – 300dpi – basics psd: 304mb/adv. elements psd: 451mb

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wp pack contains 1920×1200 / 1600×1200 / 1440×900 / 1280×1024 / 1024×768 / 800×600

inspired by: dylan cole & yanick dusseault (their lotr matte work)