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Published: 2014-02-01 11:11:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1261; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 44
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Description: An earth-like planet set against the backdrop of a nebula producing blue giant stars.I was going to add another planet or two, but it made the piece seem overly crowded, so I ended up taking them out. The background originally looked totally different, was unhappy with how it was, so reworked it from scratch. All up, took around 15 hours or so, I think.
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Ooo! Quiet nice! I do have a couple critiques though. How I'm seeing it, the planet's texture doesn't make the surface seem round, particularly near the edge of the planet. Also, I love those stars. Those are amazing and you should definitely keep using those. However, I do notice there isn't really much of a difference in their sizes. Also, try changing the orientation of the stars so there's some variance and they look more realistic.
Overall, excellent job, dude!
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Thanks for your feedback! Your comment about the planet's surface not quite round near the horizon has just given me another idea to try, I will attempt it next time I do another close up shot of a planet.
By the orientation of the stars, do you mean the direction of the 'spikes'? If so, I don't think they should be different in orientation - it would be a technical error if they were drawn this way.
Thanks again for dropping by!
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I look forward to that!
Concerning the spikes - I thought about that after I said it, so I just now looked up some pics from the Hubble, e.g. hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nā¦
hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nā¦
Maybe they might look a wee bit more interested slanted? idk. Could look like this:
hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nā¦
I do notice the spikes aren't quite as sharp, but that may just be the res of the photos.
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Oh I think I know what you mean. Yes, it's possible the spikes are at another angle, I just opted to do them around 45 degrees.
And you are right, the Hubble photos are lots of little spikes apart from the longer ones. But, I didn't want them for this particular drawing. Thanks for the links!
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