this is something i made on photoshop, it is not a picture of any existing planet. rate plz.



Attempt #2 still did not make the background so don't ask plz T.T, sized to fit my monitor sorry if you have to scroll a whole bunch.


attempt #3, this one was 100% my work, background and all.








Tutorial on how to make one of these planets:

step #1: make a new photoshop document (at least 900x900)
#2: make sure the background is black

#3: make a circle the same color that your planet is going to be.


#4 make two other circles the same size and color them black. call the colored circle "base" and the two other circles "atmosphere" and "shadow" make sure the shadow layer is on top. disable shodow layer and background layer.


#5 add an inner and outer glow to the atmosphere layer. the color should be a lighter color than you base, in this case a light orange. play with it till it feels right. set the blending type of atmosphere to screen.


#6 heres the tricky part. you can do one of three things. you can go to google images to get a texture, you can take a picture of something yourself or you can do it yourself using photoshop. for the sake of time conservation i will use google images.
http://www.cosmosvacations.ca/Common...anyon_park.jpg (the image i used)
fill the circle in your base layer with the texture by cloning, brushing, blowing up etc.

#7 use the Spherize filter then trim the texture to fit the circle. mine is blurry cos it was a small image.


#8 make the shadow layer visible and add a powerful gaussian blur. place the new shadow opposite of where your light source will be. and make you background layer visible. and merge all layers but the background.


#9 create a new layer, fill it with balck and set the blending option to screen. Add a lense flare for your sun.


#10 finished product! (try making ur own background)


if you decide to make one post it here i wanna see it