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Published: 2004-12-04 12:12:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 18638; Favourites: 205; Downloads: 3660
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I wrote this a while back and completely forgot about it. This is a tutorial of how to create simple planets. For more advacned and detailed techniques visit Alyn's Advacned Planet Tut . This is designed to give new space artists an idea of how to develop their skills and for making less detailed background planets. There are probably loads of errors, so please tell me if you find a problem.The atmosphere technique was originally covered by +dinyctis so credits to him there. For more details on cloud brushing see UCD's Land Planet Tutorial . Thanks to all the inspirational artists out there who got me into space art and especailly r4z0r for being an awesome community.
Enjoy!
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When you click the download button it says it doesn't exist and the advanced planet tutorial is also down.
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Awesome tutorial
Used this as a reference for my first portfolio assignment in my Advanced Photoshop Class. Had to create all my own textures (rules to remain with only native Photoshop items, no external content), and even my basic texture turned out decent 
Once I'm finished my complete composition, I'll share a link
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very useful tutorial
thank you for helping me to crate this work: [link]
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Great tut. I learn something new from every different tut I read.
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very helpful! Comprehensive, detailed, and uncomplicated.
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Thank you, I used tutorial for this one here
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xD First planet ever, yay
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I shall try to use this to create a model of my home world. Thanks for sharing.
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I tried your tut on school and found You can make a large circle easier if you just use a large round brush. ^^ No need to use the oval selection tool.
It's a great tut tough, thanks. I'm adding it to favs.
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I think it's a very good tut. Sometimes you don't need the most complicated thing in the world to finish off your peace sometimes just a simple planet in the background will fill itout perfect. In that respect this is a perfect tutorial that will allow you to fill in that request.
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Just finished my first ever planet by using your tuts, when im done i will post a link, doesn't look as good as yours, but im still happy.
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Amazing!
Btw! Iam one of the owners of a newer graphics site (www.royal-designs.net), we are pleased to say we over over 130 tutorials, 6 already accepted on Pixel2life, over 620 members, and a great community in the short time we have been around. I would apreciate it if you would check it out and post your tutorials, if you have any problems/suggestions please tell me because your work seems great and I would love to see you around, thank you very much.
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awesome, i'm following this to make my first planet as part of another image. its perfectly easy to follow and helps tonnes. you'd never imagine where i got the textures from or that thats actually what i used to make my planet. I'd say yours looks a little better but for a first try ...bah well.
excellent tutorial, thank you very much
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thansk so much for using it and giving feedback, really helps me. hopefully yours will turn out better soon.
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I tried it, I got most of it right, but the instructions on what layers do what and where you need to impliment effects becomes a bit lost.
Is the Spherize suppose to almost double the radius of the ball?
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no it's not... AH!!!! got it. i must've missed this out in writin. before spherizing, select the layer, as in ctrl click it on the layers tab to select all pixels, then when spherized it retains it's shape. sorry! thansk for letting me know i'll change that soon.
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Ahh ok Cool. I tried it again, but my comp went nuts, the next 2 hrs were spent on getting rid of spyware,malware..lol.
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Step 5 screws up. It skews the left side of the planet and comes out like one-side is a football. Are we suppose to merge the layers before? Highlight one? What?
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select the texture layer then go filter> distort>spherize. this filter makes thigns round basically. set 100%, then do it again at around 50% normally works for me. it might look a bit funny, but it turns out looking great
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Looks cool. Ill +fav it and use it when I get home.
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let me know if you use it pls, i wanna take a look!
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Ill use it now, since Im running some Online AV.
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i'd never try! it's designed as i said for simple planets, not to compete with alyn as i recognise how awesome his tut, was, it's helped all of us. as i say, it's old anyway, just hope someone can find a use
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hmm... you think so? ok, i will when i've heard any other feedback!
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