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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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-the colour scheme is good as well as the starfield, but the starfield does seem a little dense. it could also use a few more large stars.
-the planet does seem a little flat, i recommend spherize at 100% and then again at 50% to give the planet a nice round appearance from the original texture. the day side of the planet needs to be definately brighter especially near the sun. the atmosphere needs to be a bit brighter as well. also slightly reduce the opacity of the planet's shadow to let some of the surface show through. if your using multiple textures for your planets, they need to blend smoothly and not have any harsh transitions.
-your lens flare should be on top of all your layers.
-the image is definately just too empty. you need to either crop off some of it or add more objects to it like other planets or moons.
they don't have to be big as just even a few small moons could help.
so good luck and may your skills improve.
Definitely going to fill the space out a little, moons, largers stars distance planets an so on.
Many, many thanks for four feedback. Without the support of the community I will never improve.
The planet is nice, but it could be a little more detailed. As a suggestion, you can find several public domain high res photos from NASA or other space agencies of our solar system's planets and you can use them as a base texture. Overall a few different angles, change hue/saturation etc. Also the atmosphere could be a lot lighter. I usually work with inner/outer glows (layer effects) and then add additional layers for darkness and brightness. You can also work with layer masks. There are plenty of tutorials about planets, but ultimately, you'd have to find your own style.
The lens flare appears to be fading somehow behind a layer and I would always try to keep it as much to the top as possible. You could also create a second flare and have it above the planet and then erase parts you don't want. There are many ways of doing it. It very much depends on the piece.
So in summary: More atmosphere (would make the planet's edge more fuzzy, too), brighter light, less dense starfield. Otherwise it's really not bad, considering you've only been at it for six months.
Also, you could add a second, much smaller planet or moon in the foreground, which would give a much better sense of scale!
Thank you so much for your comments, I really appreciate the time it must have taken you.