Space piece

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i have thick skin, so please advanced c+c would be appreciated.

Uhhhh it looks really nice..... for a user posted image.... Nuthin is showing up man.

right click the "user posted image" text and hit "view image"

I did, but it works now anyways. Now onto the crtique. In the upper left of the planet you can see the edge of the sphere you used to block it out. It makes it look like you really didn't even look over it once you finished. Other then that it looks good. Keep up the good work.

i dont like those lines in the planet.

The odd purple blotch in the starscape seems out of place. Take some of the lighting into consideration, if the planet is shadowed as it is, then there should be a major light source in the upper right.

yeah, this is my first space piece, so i'm not very well aquainted with light sources and other things like that, can anyone point me or suggest how to make a good light source up there?

Uhhhhh..... lens flare maybe.

There's a tut that'll greatly help you with planets, spanning a few pages long and really in depth. I can't get the page right now, my internets being stupid.

When I find it, I'll tell you (hopefully by tonight).


But for a first, it's decent. I think there should be more negative space in the composition, because... quite frankly, the planets not really interesting, and the planets texture is a bit plain and repetitive (lines going across).

I'm sure rabies can touch up on more things like the background and stuff, I'm lost at words to guide you further, as if I had did that in the first place :P; I'm starting to learn space art myself so I can broaden my range of art styles :)

I think the bg should have more depth, as of now it looks flat.

GJ for a first, though! I'll look forward to your future pieces.

He did ask for advanced Critique, so here it is.

I dont like it much, the planet is way too huge. it also doesnt help that most of it is covered in black, kind of leaves it empty. i do like the stars and the space dust, looks very well done, but maybe try and mix it up a little, mix up the colours. also, the texture used on the planet isnt that good, try a different one next time. also, add a light source, makes it look like your actually in space, and its not just a picture.

okay, thanks for all the comments guys!


see how beautiful this forum's critique can really be if nobody gets offended?

Way to shaded, shade only half next time, or else the whole rest gets thrown away. The rest is decent but as Shajin said, the purple blotch is random for the colors in this.

I love the colorful starry background

You should put less shadow on the planet though

good job

The texture of the planet isn't working, it looks like a big farm. The glow on the planet is not working either, make it white with linear dodge. Starfields sometimes work better as soft hazy nebula type things. The shadow on the planet is too much aswell.

Other than that it is quite a good piece. Keep improving ;)

Thanks. I realized the hard way that you can't do a third of one tutorial and then go into another one, then go back into the first one...so a lot of it was just guesswork.

you say you have thick skin, so improve on the following:

- Your stars need to be brighter
- remove the glow from the planets darkside
- use a white glow rather than yellow or one that blends with the bg
- dont use that horizontal texture on the planet
- try & keep your starfeilds in one colour range or blend them better

no offense but its easier to be straight forward than nice

Umm... you should read rabies' planet tutorial in the members only section it should help you improve too... Love to see your next one...

Yeah i read the rabies one, and the alyn one...but i realized you can't apply half of one to the other lol.