Open a blank page and just start to paint, except make sure you don't stop no matter how terrible it looks. Also do take a look at cloudstocks, since the shapes are clouds after all. Then, obviously it helps to have a sketch on paper or in your head as well.
I do spend too little time on the stars, but I actually used a normal brush for everything, just placeing random small dots. I had a planet in there first, but as the picture itself is much like Astralis, I decided not to add one this time.
You have a point though, I am always adding the stars last and I do have to put down more work on them!
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