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Believe in the magic.Believe started as the space scene for a collaboration I am working on, and it turned into a solo piece because I didn't think it fit well with the rest of the scene I was trying to put it in.
And it turned out to be my favorite image in my gallery by far.
This image is oversharpened and pixelated in parts, I know. I don't care about what you think as far as critiques on this one. I would love to hear your comments though
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Photoshop CS2
Layers: a LOT. Somewhere around 110.
Time Taken: 8 hours, total. Worked for an hour every night, in bed, on my laptop, for a little over a week.
SOBE drinks consumed: 2. Do you like SOBE? I like that "Grapefruit Cranberry" Elixir. It's teh 0wnage
Original Resolution: 2000x something. Forgot what.
Enjoy, comments and favorites are appreciated as always.
Thanks to for being an awesome inspiration.
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Comments: 65
powerpointer In reply to ??? [2006-09-03 00:47:20 +0000 UTC]
Thanks very much for the comment, glad you liked it
As for the clouds, I use my own technique; I used a few cloud pictures that I took myself a few days ago, and I brushed the inner part of the clouds. It takes a while, but I like the results.
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GigaBeast In reply to powerpointer [2006-09-03 00:54:45 +0000 UTC]
thats cool! thanks for replying!
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OhlookitsMatty In reply to ??? [2006-09-03 00:27:20 +0000 UTC]
A few suggestion I would make for this is make the clouds thicker so we cant see the background so much
You could make the rocks in the bg out of foucs to give a scence a depth and you really dont need that many sparklyin Stars, 2 or 3 wouls be enough
-M
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powerpointer In reply to OhlookitsMatty [2006-09-03 00:59:08 +0000 UTC]
M,
Thanks for your tips. As said in the description, I probably will not change this image and I like it the way it is. I understand that the asteroids being out of focus might give more depth to the image, however, in doing so, the act would also raise more questions about the integrity of the image overall, and I left them like they were.
Last, the sparkling stars, as i refer to them as lens flares, are meant to be numerous as to give the impression of unfathomable distance. The laws of physics state that no two stars can come within 10 million miles of each other due to gravitational collapsing. If we apply that to this image, you can see how incredibly large this nebula actually is. That is why I have many of those
Thanks for the tips though, I assure you that I will keep them in mind next time I create a new piece!
-Scott
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powerpointer In reply to Branchewski [2006-09-03 00:59:42 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for commenting, much appreciated
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SkellMan In reply to ??? [2006-09-03 00:21:28 +0000 UTC]
beautiful work, its amazing i would knwo the first thing about making an image like that
my hats off ta you
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powerpointer In reply to SkellMan [2006-09-03 01:00:40 +0000 UTC]
You would know the first thing about making an image like this, huh?
tell me then, how would I start...
Just kidding man, I saw your gallery also. Cute dog
thanks for commenting, glad you liked it
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Faitn In reply to ??? [2006-09-03 00:19:40 +0000 UTC]
beautiful colors and a wonderful peice. ^_^
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powerpointer In reply to Faitn [2006-09-03 01:01:41 +0000 UTC]
Thanks very much, i really tried hard to make the colors stand out
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