40 Amazing CG Fantasy Environments

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Fantasy environments are perhaps the most challenging of all types of CG environments. Traditional fantasy works combine realistic settings with surrealistic touches. Unlike sci-fi, where the primary driver is technological progress, fantasy focuses on the romantic side of existence, bending and shaping ancient objects into new forms or adding a hint of the unbelievable to otherwise mundane settings.

Where a fantasy environment is set is entirely up to the artist. There are no hard and fast choices like the distant future or "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." Modern developments like steampunk show that fantasy is still developing and pushing its own boundaries in regards to where it can be set. Whether it's 19th century industrial factories or 7th century battlefields, fantasy environments are as diverse as they are unique. Though the cliche fantasy environment is the green pasture of some hilly region (think LOTR), fantasy environments can come close to breaching category barriers and cross over into sci-fi or realism territory.

The key to most fantasy environments is grandiosity. The superb works listed below have one common denominator: they aren't constrained to a room or a city or a planet. If there is a theme in a fantasy work, that theme is visible and pervasive in every element contained within it. Magical forests, unruly seas, and enormous castles are just some of the interesting and vibrant fantasy environments you can find.

40 Amazing CG Fantasy Environments

Reaching Out, Soenke Maeter

"Priceless Friends", Y.Soner Yurtseven

Rock Iron Town, Franck lefrancois

10 Yard to the future ( Game art UT3), Baolong Zhang

Empire In My Mind, Kerem Gogus

the perfect storm, benoit Patterlini

Notre Dame de Paris :Growing by myself 2, Olivier Defaye

Towards the wind, Marco Rolandi

The Station, Marcelo Eder Cunha

Welt 1 , Frank Meinl

Steam City, Stefan Morrell

Golden Moment, Ricky Linton

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Late again

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Untitled, Ognian Bonev

Wooden World, Alexandr Melentiev

Fantasy Forest, Wei Wei Hua

Above The Heaven, Mitiuc Alexander

The Valley, Stefan Morrell

Orc, Peter Zoppi

War Of The Worlds - Men Hunting, Robert Czarny

Life Elixier, PETER HOFMANN

North Star Castle, Arseniy Chebynkin

Defend Garth , Ruidan Lv

Stalactite Inc., Tobias Trebeljahr

Breeding Season, Vitya

Myth of the 'Floating Islands', Khalid A. Al-Muharraqi

Forgotten Kingdom, Jaroslaw Handrysik

Berth Of A New Don, Khalid Al-muharraqi

The Walled City, Stefan Morrell

Door Of Eternity, George Pourikas

Extreme Frigidity, He Sun

Water Mill ( Game Art), Baolong Zhang

The Gold Light Of Morning, Stefan Morrell

Deep in the woods, Amberland Sebastian Storz

A Palace In The Moutains, Meng De Cai

The Last Journey, Toni Bratincevic

Rage Over Babylon, Ziv Qual

Waterworld, Stefan Morrell