[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Another version of the gas giant. Opinions? Suggestions?

[karajorma]

I like it. Makes me think of sweets though

[Flaser]

It's nice, but to make it perfect you'd need to place some swirls between the stripes.

This is casused by the rotation of the planet - the suface goes faster at the equator, therfore it leaves the norhern and southern areas behind, creating swirls.

The problem is I have no idead how you could achieve that, or if it's possible at all.

Nice work, especially the nebulas. It's good to see some real fog - that's only illuminated by the stars inside it.

[Sandwich]

My take on a gas giant from Dec '02:

[Flipside]

I think it's the colour that's the problem on that on CF, it sort of looks like a massive gobstopper to me

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

First time trying to make totally new textures without Lunarcell.

[Gank]

Very nice. Dont think they're be so much cloud on a desert planet though, not a whole lot of water to evaporate there.

[kasperl]

who said that those clouds where H2O?

[Gank]

what are they so?

[kasperl]

dunno, could be anything, aye?

i mean, a lot of gases/liquids can form droplets, so there are a lot of substances to make clouds from.

[Taristin]

...Clouds, but no atmospheres?

On any of the planets?

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
...Clouds, but no atmospheres?

On any of the planets?

Uh, all of them have atmospheres  Look closer.

And I added clouds to the desert planet, 'cause it looks good. I don't care so much of realism, at least in this case

[kasperl]

just call them CO2 insteas of H20.

would you mind if we used this in FSCZ (formerly Fleetwars)?

[Gank]

Originally posted by kasperl
i mean, a lot of gases/liquids can form droplets, so there are a lot of substances to make clouds from.

Well the whole cloud thing is part of a cycle, evaporation, precipitation etc. Theres no bodys of liquid on the planet to form clouds. youy could argue its a gas of some sort I suppose, but it still looks out of place. If you made the clouds a colour more approaching the planets and swirled them a bit to inticate high winds and said they were dust storms, that would look the bizz imo.

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by Gank
If you made the clouds a colour more approaching the planets and swirled them a bit to inticate high winds and said they were dust storms, that would look the bizz imo.

I might do that, let's see what I can come up with

@kasperl

As I said before, you can use them as long as I'm credited. It' nice to see someone appreciates your work

[Fineus]

Originally posted by Sandwich
My take on a gas giant from Dec '02:

Damn... now that is a coincedence...

One of mine - from a year or two ago:

Edit: Hang on.. they're identical...

[StratComm]

Those clouds on the desert planet don't look bad, there are just too many of them.  Drop the number of them significantly.  And I like the fact that the atmospheres are not absurd; a couple of pixels wider than the planets themselves, which is spot on IMHO.

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Well, this is so far my best one without using LunarCell.

[kasperl]

dude, that's great!

[Jiggyhound]

planet tutorial:

http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_planet.html
talented celestial artist, great stuff. Check out his ub3r gallery

starfield:

http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_star_field.html

nebula thingy :


http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/riven_walkthrough.html