Spacery Scenery (2D)
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Spacery Scenery (2D)
Just finished this after following a tut by Cold_flame of Deviantart. (click on the pic for a bigger version.)
[img=left]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... iggado.jpg[/img] "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before the first spaceship." -- Space Viking
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Yeah, let's just call it artistic license.
Most of space paintings you'll see around the Net are just on the fringe of believability, though they are pretty to look at.
(Beside, this was just my first try at painting, let's see what future has in store.)
Most of space paintings you'll see around the Net are just on the fringe of believability, though they are pretty to look at.
(Beside, this was just my first try at painting, let's see what future has in store.)
[img=left]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... iggado.jpg[/img] "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before the first spaceship." -- Space Viking
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A suggestion... try less color, or perhaps more transparency in your colors. Most real space scenery-- nebulae, for example-- is fairly clear, and you can see stars through them. This is kinda too bold to be able to really see much of anything except at the fringes.
Otherwise, nice'un to be starting off with...
Otherwise, nice'un to be starting off with...
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Is it supposed to be a nebula? In any case, I'd make it far more transparent, and 'ragged' looking. In addition, the stars, when seen look too uniform in spacing and brightness.
May I suggest Making a Realistic Starfield couresty of The Art of Greg Martin?
May I suggest Making a Realistic Starfield couresty of The Art of Greg Martin?
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Thanks guys for all the replies. The dark clouds need work, yes, I need to get the proper effect out of them. The next one needs a proper background.
@ Elheru Aran: I'll get around to it.
@ Slartibartfast: I put that line to break up a tad the large glow, I'm not too happy with it either.
@ Animejet: Smudge tool? What is that?
@ SintaxVorlon: yup, know that one, although it takes a lot of time to make a decent background, there is another tutorial that makes it easier by using the clouds filter. Usually, it is possible to see a "GregMartinised" starfield by "seeing" the applied eraser brush on the empty spaces.
@ Elheru Aran: I'll get around to it.
@ Slartibartfast: I put that line to break up a tad the large glow, I'm not too happy with it either.
@ Animejet: Smudge tool? What is that?
@ SintaxVorlon: yup, know that one, although it takes a lot of time to make a decent background, there is another tutorial that makes it easier by using the clouds filter. Usually, it is possible to see a "GregMartinised" starfield by "seeing" the applied eraser brush on the empty spaces.
[img=left]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... iggado.jpg[/img] "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before the first spaceship." -- Space Viking
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Well 3 out of 4 isn't bad, but not only did you misspell my name, you've very very badly misspelled Cyborg Stan's name.Warspite wrote:Thanks guys for all the replies. The dark clouds need work, yes, I need to get the proper effect out of them. The next one needs a proper background.
@ Elheru Aran: I'll get around to it.
@ Slartibartfast: I put that line to break up a tad the large glow, I'm not too happy with it either.
@ Animejet: Smudge tool? What is that?
@ SintaxVorlon: yup, know that one, although it takes a lot of time to make a decent background, there is another tutorial that makes it easier by using the clouds filter. Usually, it is possible to see a "GregMartinised" starfield by "seeing" the applied eraser brush on the empty spaces.
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Argh! Sorry, wasn't 100% awake at that time...SyntaxVorlon wrote:Well 3 out of 4 isn't bad, but not only did you misspell my name, you've very very badly misspelled Cyborg Stan's name.
[img=left]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... iggado.jpg[/img] "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before the first spaceship." -- Space Viking
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Yeeeeep.
I noticed that Greg Martin seems the have finished the Capturing Heaven (PDF, 14.5 MB) article since the last time I checked, which deals with various kinds of light and features in space. (Most of which should be pretty obvious to people that study space a little bit, but interesting anyway. Like it says, it's more of a 'why this is' rather than a 'how to do'.)
As far as I can tell for the picture, the bottom right 'nebulas' seem the best, followed by the edges of the main part, which combined with the darkness of the edges of the picture look like there's a glowing/it portion we see, and another in front of it hiding it. The actual lit portions look 2-D though - in space, there's alot of space depicted in one picture so even gases can look irregular, not to mention things such as gravity pulling it together. On top of that, you used a very obvious lens flare with a very diffuse 'sun'. You may want to take advantage of the nebula to have 'dust beams' of light instead of the lens flare spikes (like dust in front of a lit window, or the 'rays' you sometimes see coming through cracks in a cloud layer.)
And finally, the actual original purpose of this post - can you post a link to the tutorial mentioned in the first post? I'm not a member of DeviantArt, so I can't use the search feature at the moment.
I noticed that Greg Martin seems the have finished the Capturing Heaven (PDF, 14.5 MB) article since the last time I checked, which deals with various kinds of light and features in space. (Most of which should be pretty obvious to people that study space a little bit, but interesting anyway. Like it says, it's more of a 'why this is' rather than a 'how to do'.)
As far as I can tell for the picture, the bottom right 'nebulas' seem the best, followed by the edges of the main part, which combined with the darkness of the edges of the picture look like there's a glowing/it portion we see, and another in front of it hiding it. The actual lit portions look 2-D though - in space, there's alot of space depicted in one picture so even gases can look irregular, not to mention things such as gravity pulling it together. On top of that, you used a very obvious lens flare with a very diffuse 'sun'. You may want to take advantage of the nebula to have 'dust beams' of light instead of the lens flare spikes (like dust in front of a lit window, or the 'rays' you sometimes see coming through cracks in a cloud layer.)
And finally, the actual original purpose of this post - can you post a link to the tutorial mentioned in the first post? I'm not a member of DeviantArt, so I can't use the search feature at the moment.
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Thanks for all the crits!Cyborg Stan wrote:And finally, the actual original purpose of this post - can you post a link to the tutorial mentioned in the first post? I'm not a member of DeviantArt, so I can't use the search feature at the moment.
Follow the link, scroll waaay down, you'll find the specific tutorial I followed.
[img=left]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... iggado.jpg[/img] "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before the first spaceship." -- Space Viking