Fire Planet

[Musical_Master]

I made a "fire planet" in photoshop. Yes, I know I made it using filters, but it still looks cool.



Comments?

[Draigun]

Haha..looks like render clouds -> bubble wrap -> that "everything in a circle filter" -> This on top of a layer of space



Still looks nice, though..

I wish I had the fire flower I made (and have as my PC background at home) to go with your fire panet..but I'm not at home..

[flypie743]

That does look pretty cool, but I would try and add some actual technique into your works besides just filters.

[Musical_Master]

Haha..looks like render clouds -> bubble wrap -> that "everything in a circle filter" -> This on top of a layer of space

Holy crap that is really close. It's render clouds - > plastic wrap - > Spherize - > Then another layer with a black background with noise.

EDIT: Flypie, I have done some stuff without filters, they just didn't turn out to good. Plus, there really isn't another way to make a planet without filters.

EDIT 2: This is the only semi-good thing I have made with out filters.

[Porgy]

um i suppse thats nifty? actually what really bugs me is the cheesy space background....

[QreepyBORIS]

Make the image wider and put the planet off-center.

[MonkeyFoo]

Ooh, make a lens flare. Is that in photoshop, or just illustrator? They are always good for space scenes. You could make the stars transparent and add a black layer behind it that has very dark blue, purple, or red clouds. It adds a bit more space-ness. You could even try taking that star layer, and apply colored noise on very low opacity to achieve slightly differently colored stars. Then, make 2 copies of that layer, and motion blur very slightly one on the x-axis and the other on the y-axis. That would make the stars have that shine that they typically appear to have in drawings. Final space-realism idea: add another very dark layer of the noise and put it in front of the black layer with the clouds. That is my vision for your filter-masterpiece.

[Porgy]

a well respected CG site posted an article put together by some industry professionals a while back, i cant remember the website though. The article was about the top 10 worst things u can put in a portfolio, One of them involved NEVER using generic lens flare.

[CypherToorima]

The one thing that bothered me was the space background. It was incredibly flat. The planet looks good, but the space background totally takes away from the picture.

[Musical_Master]

Eh.. I messing with it.

I'll post it in a bit.