A Work in Progress: Lunar Horizon



This guide was made for entry:
Lunar Horizon
In Contest:
sci-fi space art


step 1 of 13

This is the 1st layer of texture for the planet in foreground. It was made using the gradient fill tool, mode set to difference. Several passes used to come up with this look.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 1
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step 2 of 13

The finished planet texture was saved as a pattern for later use as the fill for a brush tool.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 2
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The foreground planet started with a circle filled with black.(used the elliptical marquee tool)

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 3
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With a 300 pxl soft brush mode set at difference I painted in the circle over the black.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 4
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step 5 of 13

The circle with color and texture pattern (created earlier) was distorted with the spherize filter.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 5
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step 6 of 13

The finished planet has layer effects inner and outer glow. Shading done with large soft round brush.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 6
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The planet ring started as a layer with render>cloud filter. This layer was distorted with the distort>twirl filter (twice@ 999%.)With the elliptical marquee tool cut it and the circle in the center out. Lastly it was fre transformed.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 7
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1st planet with ring and shadows(brush work)added.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 8
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With the 3D function in CS5 I made this sphere from the mossy texture downloaded from FLICR.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 9
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step 10 of 13

2nd planet added to scene and shaded with brush work.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 10
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Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 11
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Small moon made from above texture layer using the 3D function.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 12
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step 13 of 13

Small moon and shadows added.

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Step 13
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Final result

Creation of Lunar Horizon: Final Result

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