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Edit 19 dec: changed the tree's position so the detail of the mountains is showed a bit better. Also added more detail on the stars c:Background from a commission i'm working on x3
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Very pretty! 8D I wish i had BG skills like yours!
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thanks! just practice a lot and you can do it too!
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why would I need? if it is that horrible, leave constructive critique instead.
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Ah! yeah, forgot to mention aurora (aka northern lights): 1. they are semi-transparent [link] 2. generally they are much bigger and look much like curtains. From ground level: [link] near Milky way: [link] - this one is nearly transparent. From below: [link] and from rather interesting angle: [link]
Well, google give plenty of references so i think you will have no problems with finding something to your liking: [link]
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For space landscapes idk?
Okay, i will try.
To be fair, sky is the only problem of this picture. It's not horrible, more like you aren't used to drawing it yet.
So what do you can do to improve: make sure that colour of the clouds doesn't mix with colour of the mountains, especially given that you draw both in somewhat similar manner. Try to make clouds swirly and rounder for the contrast with angle-based shapes of the mountains.
Behind the mountains and clouds, sky will be dark black fading into dark blue. Dark blue part will be close to clouds. Look here: [link] Since we look from the ground dark blue part is hidden by the mountains so sky will be black.
Stars shouldn't look like that. First: not all stars will have the same brightness because they are situated at different distance from us and because they have the different size. So closest and biggest stars are the brightest. Have a look: [link] (here is a Milky Way: [link] ) since picture is big you can clearly this. Now, you can get something like this: [link] only if you have a specific equipment. Even in remote areas starry sky doesn't look like that. However, it's true that in areas far from civiliation and big cities, night sky will be brighter and you will be able to see more stars. Compare this one: [link] to ones above.
Second: there is a rule - the brighter light is, the less stars we see. [link]
I hope it will help.
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thanks for the crit 
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I have made some little changes to the image. I worked more on the stars and gave a mountains slightly stronger contrast. I will not work more on the clouds, cause i'm afraid that would make the background too busy. x3
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I've seen it - looks much better now.
Well, you can always practice in another picture so that's perfectly fine.
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I envy your background skills >Bc
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HOLY GBEO98HOIWBOEU THAT IS AMAZING. I can only wonder how you make such awesome backgrounds!
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thanks x3 it takes much time, patience and practice
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