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Title: few planets
Post by: c914 on November 25, 2004, 05:58:39 am: My litle work in photosop:
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet01a.jpg)
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet02a.jpg)
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet03a.jpg)
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet04a.jpg)

Pictures here are small orginal resolution is from 1024x1024 to 800x800.
How they looks? Do they need something?
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Post by: karajorma on November 25, 2004, 06:21:20 am: Releasing. They need releasing :D
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Post by: Turnsky on November 25, 2004, 06:52:50 am: Duuuude... i really gotta work on my planets....
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Post by: Styxx on November 25, 2004, 07:25:36 am: Ok, how did you do those? Write a tutorial!
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Post by: Turnsky on November 25, 2004, 07:34:34 am: Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
Ok, how did you do those? Write a tutorial!

seconded!
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Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on November 25, 2004, 07:40:04 am: Wow. You've wayyyy surpassed all my attempts.

We need a tutorial right now! :D

EDIT: After a closer look, I'd say the clouds on the first one are a bit too white and flat. Can't find anything else wrong with any of them. I especially like the last one, it looks really nice :yes:
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Post by: c914 on November 25, 2004, 01:34:42 pm: It's simple seven steps:
1. Take some good photos of planet surface or good texsture
2. EDIT them ( add new lands etc. )
3. Get some clouds ( sometime just edit those on planet surface )
4. Sphereise both here*, if sphereise on photosop is't good I just make one sphere in Truespace and texsture it.
5. Edit clouds and planet that they match together
6.* or here:D
7. Add shadow and atmosphere
and you've got niece looking planet:)

and two more:
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet05a.jpg)
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet06a.jpg)
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Post by: Lynx on November 25, 2004, 01:36:45 pm: Very nice.
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Post by: c914 on November 26, 2004, 05:07:24 am: here goes litle changed number 6:
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet06b.jpg)
and 7:
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet07a.jpg)
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Post by: Styxx on November 26, 2004, 05:44:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by c914
It's simple seven steps:
1. Take some good photos of planet surface or good texsture
2. EDIT them ( add new lands etc. )
3. Get some clouds ( sometime just edit those on planet surface )
4. Sphereise both here*, if sphereise on photosop is't good I just make one sphere in Truespace and texsture it.
5. Edit clouds and planet that they match together
6.* or here:D
7. Add shadow and atmosphere
and you've got niece looking planet:)

Ok, now expand on the "EDIT" part. ;)
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Post by: c914 on November 26, 2004, 06:01:03 am: Quote
expand on the "EDIT" part

you need to use brush, eraser, few oters tools for editng layers..its hard to say: different planets, different needs:D
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Post by: Setekh on November 26, 2004, 06:17:25 am: My favourites are #2 and #4. Beautifully subtle. :):yes:
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Post by: Styxx on November 26, 2004, 06:19:17 am: Quote
Originally posted by c914
you need to use brush, eraser, few oters tools for editng layers..its hard to say: different planets, different needs:D

Har, har. Basically, "just do it", huh? :p
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Post by: Setekh on November 26, 2004, 06:21:21 am: I empathise with him. Sometimes it's just difficult to articulate how to do something - not everything can be tutorialled. Like hey Styxx, how did you design such a beautiful ship as the Dignity? ;)
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Post by: Lightspeed on November 26, 2004, 06:26:18 am: Some of them are really nice :yes: :nod:
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Post by: pyro-manic on November 26, 2004, 06:55:06 am: Brilliant stuff! :yes::yes:
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Post by: Corsair on November 26, 2004, 07:44:46 am: Duuuuuuuuuuude...
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on November 26, 2004, 11:59:26 am: Are they for use ingame? They are simply Gorgeous...
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Post by: c914 on November 26, 2004, 12:10:37 pm: those small nope bigger ones yes if I lite work with shadows.
But fitrs here must be 10 planets.
....heh i 've found a bug on number 7:D
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Post by: Beowulf on November 30, 2004, 05:18:54 pm: Not just good, Crazy Good! :eek:
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Post by: Krackers87 on December 04, 2004, 04:30:24 am: http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_planet.html
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Post by: Swamp_Thing on December 04, 2004, 04:42:51 am: Those are some serious planets, dude! Total thumbs up! I like the greenish one in particular.
And the link Krackers87 posted is great, very helpfull. I might just try it myself.
Hey c914, how about making the shivan homeplanet? I´m gonna need a nice dark and "evil" aura planet for my project. Care to give it a try? I will need the Ancients planet aswell, allthough i have no idea what kind of planet that would be... That green planet might do just right. I´ll need Vasuda Prime and Earth aswell, but those can wait.
Good work, dude! I love them.

:yes: :yes: :yes:
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Post by: Roanoke on December 04, 2004, 04:46:24 am: Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
Ok, how did you do those? Write a tutorial!

says the dude with the city sized tank :D
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Post by: Grug on December 04, 2004, 08:13:11 am: Wow, they are top quality stuff.
I think you've made someone in Volition blush! :)

Can't wait to see these ingame.
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Post by: c914 on December 04, 2004, 08:15:58 am: Quote
how about making the shivan homeplane

:wtf: ..but they don't live on planets. Shivas are space life form and if they use some soild ground is are asteroids or they own ships:nod:
If you need realy this planet i could do some dark, red and evil world;7
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Post by: Anaz on December 04, 2004, 01:15:21 pm: you should do some dark evil planets anyways, as we can never have enough of them :p

Actually, something that'd be kinda cool would be a glowy-red lava planet type thing (with lava rivers, most of it dark cooled lava tho...), but with a few lights some places where some mining or extracting cities were...
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Post by: Krackers87 on December 04, 2004, 04:18:00 pm: (http://hades-combine.com/Upload/uploads/Planet%20Desert%201-Small.jpg)

Made in about 10-15 mins with the tutorial i posted on the first page. Still needs some touching up however.
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Post by: Krackers87 on December 04, 2004, 05:39:21 pm: (http://hades-combine.com/Upload/uploads/Planet%20Desert%202-Small.jpg)

After a moderate amount of tweaking.
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Post by: Swamp_Thing on December 04, 2004, 10:08:23 pm: Eh, how curious! Yesterday I followed the tut aswell, and came back exactlly like yours!! :D
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Post by: Eviscerator on December 04, 2004, 10:28:37 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
Like hey Styxx, how did you design such a beautiful ship as the Dignity? ;)

What is this "Dignity" I hear about?

The planets are beyond words.
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Post by: Getter Robo G on December 04, 2004, 11:38:22 pm: You meanliuke LEEDS the industrial mining planet in Freelancer? First time I apporached it I was like WTH? People actually LIVE there?
(in Bretoinian Space) Looks like a marriage between Za'Ha'Dum and Mount Doom!...

nice job Krackers...
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Post by: Turnsky on December 06, 2004, 02:45:32 am: bleh
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/855247/planet.jpg)
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Post by: c914 on December 06, 2004, 03:16:47 am: aa nice one..nedd some work with atmosphere and clouds:nod:

here is my number 8:
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet08a.jpg)
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Post by: Turnsky on December 06, 2004, 03:23:04 am: Quote
Originally posted by c914
aa nice one..nedd some work with atmosphere and clouds:nod:

here is my number 8:
*snip*

okay, how on earth do you get those landmasses done right? :eek2:
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Post by: c914 on December 06, 2004, 05:17:54 am: number 9 litle dark and evil:D :
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet09a.jpg)
could be litle better..i work on it later

Turnsky: it only playing with brush, layers and few effects;7
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Post by: Xelion on December 12, 2004, 12:08:35 am: Very nice work c914 :yes: Planet 2 looks especially good.

A planet tutorial worth :nod: looking at: http://www.deviantart.com/view/3131869/ (http://www.deviantart.com/view/3131869/)
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Post by: c914 on December 12, 2004, 03:27:10 pm: well it isn't a planet but i wonder what you think about this:
(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/nebula01.jpg)
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Post by: Taristin on December 12, 2004, 03:52:31 pm: :ick:
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Post by: NGTM-1R on December 12, 2004, 03:56:38 pm: Supernova remnant, if you made the star white, anways.
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Post by: Jeryko on December 13, 2004, 04:47:55 pm: The planets are amazing but the nebula can use a little tweaking.

:yes:
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Post by: Swamp_Thing on December 16, 2004, 12:51:36 pm: Anyone knows of a Photoshop plugin for planet making? I know there must be some around...
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Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on December 16, 2004, 01:19:43 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
Anyone knows of a Photoshop plugin for planet making? I know there must be some around...

LunarCell is one... but you're much better off making the planets by hand. Here's a couple of links to some good PS planet tutorials:

http://www.skyetis.com/Tutorial/tut.html
http://www.deviantart.com/view/11885274/

And of course, the tutorial by master himself:
http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_planet.html
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Post by: TopAce on December 16, 2004, 03:31:58 pm: Really nice planets. Is possible to see them released un a big assorted pack?
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Post by: c914 on December 17, 2004, 05:25:46 am: I was thinking about it:nod:
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Post by: phreak on December 17, 2004, 09:27:42 pm: *ignore this post*
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Post by: phreak on December 17, 2004, 09:39:44 pm: arg its not showing up, let me try attaching it
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Post by: TopAce on December 18, 2004, 07:19:59 am: ^^
A vulcanic planet I have always wanted!
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Post by: c914 on December 18, 2004, 01:46:21 pm: Here is Earth tye planet.

(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet012a.jpg)

Original picture is 1800x1800
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Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on December 18, 2004, 02:05:57 pm: Very nice! :yes:

Altough I think the landmasses are a bit too, hmmm, bumpy and prononced? Could you wash them out a bit and let the clouds cover them more. Also, what are the b&w parts on the dark side?
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Post by: TopAce on December 18, 2004, 02:06:39 pm: The problem with the planet above is not the quality, it's the esthetics: The large island seems as if it were completely flat and covered with desert.
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Post by: c914 on December 18, 2004, 02:55:25 pm: Lt.Cannonfodder: it isn't problem i just add to much embos.
Those light parts should be a citys in night ..in huge picture part it looks better.

TopAce:.hmm in bigger picture it doesn't look soo flat

and anoteher one:)

(http://c914.w.interia.pl/ob/planet013.jpg)
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Post by: TopAce on December 18, 2004, 02:59:12 pm: How much time does it take for you to draw a planet? How many hours?
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Post by: c914 on December 18, 2004, 03:05:58 pm: Last one i've made in les than 30 minutes:D
Eart type ive create in 2-3 hours.

Basicly if you had an idea how shoud it look like work goes faster:nod:
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Post by: phreak on December 19, 2004, 07:56:24 pm: volcanic/protoplanet #2

(http://www.penguinbomb.com/phreak/planet4.jpg)
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Post by: c914 on December 20, 2004, 02:23:11 am: You add to much embos, specialy on edges.
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Post by: TopAce on December 20, 2004, 04:29:52 am: Looks good so far, I say it still needs some more work to make the best out of it.