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Elijah-Snow β Planet Seik and It's 3 Moons
Published: 2006-07-22 05:11:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 48964; Favourites: 656; Downloads: 1411
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About two days of work...only 302MB psd...
Original rez 3800x2276...
around 110 layers
Why must I always have an exploding planet....*shrugs*
Now I could never get the exploding moon to quite fit properly, the best placements for it always seemed to make it look like it was crashing into the main planet. Which was not what I wanted, and If it for somereason still looks that way, please tell me. But even if it doesnt, please help me with any tips on how to give this picture better depth. I'm Having a hard time trying to figure out where and how to position objects so that they appear a certain distance from one another, so any suggestions/critiques on this matter would be much appreciated.
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Go for it, just give me some credit somehow
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Nice, hard to make out anything on the planet though.
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It looks like a scene of a good scenario I have in head!
very nice!
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Hi. Like the art. I was searching for planet ideas when I saw yours. I love it. You might want to enter it in an art competition, like the one I am trying to win. The contest information is found here
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Basically they give out $100 a week till June 29th, then they pick a $5,000 suite winner, which they give away a whole bunch of software.
You can submit art here:
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Note: I think you have to create an account, but thats free, so who cares.
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I think making the moon larger - placing it "closer" to the camera - would give more of an impression that it was distant from the planet.
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Amazing! I just love this! This is something im going to try to do on photoshop. Anyway, 110 layers?! That's much! I would love to have this in the orginal size.Favorite to.
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Awesome!! Can I use this picture for my private homepage please?
Avire
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sorry my computer is being quit idiotic and it sent you the same thing twice i do apoligise
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wow I am indeed astonished by your work I am truly flabbergasted its so I don't even have a word to describe such a spectacular display. I love it the imagination the form its all there your one of those people who has an idea and does it and it shows you have an open mind of talent and brilliance and its that sort of thinking that creativeness that the world needs in such dark times I expect art similar to this so I'm adding you to my watchers
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holy shit its hell of good wow I'm astonished at your work i am truly flabbergasted it's so i don't even have a word to describe your spectacular work. the imagination the form you put a lot of effort in to it i bet you are one of those people who have an idea and you do and it shows it looks marvelous i expect good art simular so im adding you to my watch
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great work here! love the burning/exploding planet! thats something i need to try!
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Hey, wanted to know if i could use this picture for a players handbook for a sci-fi RPG i'm creating, sort of like D&D.
I have no intention of selling it, but just wanted to use nice artwork of planets and creatures that would be encountered in the game. The RPG is based on a book I'm writing.
Let me know if it's cool. Just didn't want to use your art without your permission.
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Any bigger size please)))
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I've dabbled in making planets, and I must say the main planet it stunning.
That being said, how the hell did you get the shadows for the clouds??? Contact me anyway you'd like, but I really want to know how to get that effect, its amazing.
As for the exploding planet, I think if you move it to the right (away from the planet) a bit, it could help...basically take the non-exploding edge of the planet and nearly line it up with the atmosphere of the main planet.
Also, the stars do seem a bit manufactured or "man-made" if you will. Mainly just the stars with the green aura/dust around them.
Anyway, that's my two cents, very well done overall though, esp the main planet with the clouds, like I said, but also the city lighting looks very natural and real. Props!
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As far as the clouds go I have the original layer from a cloud texture I made which is white pixels on a black BG. This layer was then set to screen in photoshop and then I applied the spherical filter to it. To get the shadows is amazingly easy at this point, all you have to do duplicate the layer, invert it and set it to multiply then move it over a little bit and set the layer under the original cloud layer. After that you may want to do a little blurring or messing with the opacity, but otherwiae that should cover it.
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Soo cool...Ok one more question. I can't seem to figure out how to do the city lights properly...any tips? Cause yours are very nicely done...like really obvious but still cool at the same time
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Um, I think I did something along the lines of selecting all the highlights, and then accentuating the ones around the coasts manually...but I can't remember too well.
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With all this talk of light-sources, can I just say:
turning the exploding moon into an orange light source for the dark side of the planet was an AMAZING idea.
Nice one.
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That looks really cool dude nicely done.
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how do you do pieces like these? i've looked at plenty and am interested in starting this kind of artwork.
it looks amazing by the way, captured my attention, and im sure, will always have a place in my mind now. its great. thanks.
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i love space art especially when its done right and you my freind = 10/10 figgin awesome XD faverouted ''click''
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Obviously, you're really great at this. I've been practicing in photoshop with planets for two weeks now and I still can't get them to look as great as yours.
It's extremely detailed so 110 layers sounds about right. I really like the fact that every part of the image was carefully created. I also like the fact that there's a lot going on. You've got the two planets or planet & moon, the exploding moon, the star field and then the large planet. The distance between them looks about right, too.
I could honestly say there's nothing you couldn't do with planets. Nice work.
As for the actual placement of the moon... it looks fine. Try adding an atmosphere on the part that isn't exploding or an outer glow of some type. It may or may not help. Someone mentioned that you should add shadow. I don't think they were looking at the light source correctly. If you add shadow it's going to look like there are two different light sources, which isn't the case. I think the glow is perfect though. It's faint so it gives us the impression that the moon is actually farther away rather than colliding into the planet. The brighter the glow the closer the moon is. So like I said before, it looks fine. I think you're just overanalyzing it.
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Is it possible for me to get a higher res of this image from you? I want to use it as a my desktop, but it drives me crazy when things don't like fit perfectly.
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wow thats really cool how long have you been doing photoshop for
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the stars are a let-down. Still, faved.
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Pretty freakin incredible. Something like that wouldn't have taken me two days, so much as two years.... haha. Very, very good.
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crazy man just crazy.... great job really nice work..
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Wow! Great! Is it okay if I use this picture for a browser game? ItΒ΄s a game about space wars and you can give your planets images like avatars...
That one would be great!
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So cool, wish i could do that
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I like how you made the planet look when its exploding.
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It lokks kind of like a meteor, hurtling towards the main planet. Maybe you could turn the explosion to the top of the screen?
Nonetheless, an amazing piece of art, I will fave.
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Unbelievable! I wish I could make planets like that!
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by no means am i an expert but perhaps making the exploding moon closer to the viewer and maybe have it exploding from to sides from the top and bottom slightly off center.. that might through the illusion of it crashing into the planet..
but seriously excellent job..
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a hi-res widescreen wallpaper sized version would be most welcome
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can i get the full rez?
bigred2502002@yahoo.com
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This is great. I've never seen anything like it.
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Very cool. It does look like it is exploding. All for the explosion did you use some grunge brushes?
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there is nothing wrong with exploding planets XD it just adds drama
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i never got the impression that the moon was exploding, I think the sunlight on that side of the planet helps out with the perspective
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