Stormy atmosphere WIP -update-

[freelancah]

Figured I'd post this here before I start doing any postwork...All elements made procedurally and some were just limited to certain places with distance shader+cameras

Finished postworked piece:



http://freelancah.deviantart.com/art/Atheroas-180944181

[Kadri]

Nice and interesting image , Freelancah 
If you make the Sun a little more like TheBlackHole did on this post http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=10822.0 as you know, it would look maybe better as it is !

[jbest]

Awesome clouds!!

[inkydigit]

love the clouds!

[TheBlackHole]

I'd have to agree with everyone else. The clouds look amazing! I'd recommend you try something like my Sun Glow Effect (in File Sharing) instead of using a Photoshopped lens flare in post.

[Volker Harun]

Totally agree with Blackhole.
And to underline it .... beware of the lens flare

[freelancah]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. And yeah I agree, the photoshop lensflare sucks. Thats why I havent used it in years ^^ I'm currently rendering a moon and will later do the sun manually. The resolution that I'm rendering the final image is too large to have any extra stuff & the kind of sun I'm going for needs postwork even if I'd use TBH's clipfile.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

those clouds look really cool, good work

i use lightwave 3D's lens flare effect - it's much better.

http://fc50.deviantart.com/fs34/f/2008/292/9/9/The_Pointing_Hand_by__zagadka_.png

http://-zagadka-.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2ef2eh

[freelancah]

Small update. Rendered the moon out and changed the composition..might change it again..will see where this goes.

Ideas and thoughts are welcome..

[freelancah]

version 2

[Naoo]

Hi

The last one is wonderful.
Great Sky background.


ciao
Naoo

[Volker Harun]

Okay, I totally disagree with Naoo ... I like the first one more
Good starfield and the moon texture ... strange but mind driving.

In my opinion, the planet and its atmosphere turned to be rather a frame for the upper part of the image ... what is not bad, I like it.
In fact I have no ideas to improve the (upper) image

[Kadri]

The last images are better , Freelancah . Nice 

[freelancah]

Added some postwork http://freelancah.deviantart.com/art/Atheroas-180944181

[Mahnmut]

Great!
Are those lightningbolts in a wider sense "handpainted"?
Either way, the effect is beautiful!
Best regards,
Jan