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
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 !
Awesome clouds!!
love the clouds!
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.
Totally agree with Blackhole.
And to underline it .... beware of the lens flare :) ;)
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.
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
Small update. Rendered the moon out and changed the composition..might change it again..will see where this goes.
Ideas and thoughts are welcome..
version 2
Hi
The last one is wonderful.
Great Sky background.
ciao
Naoo
Okay, I totally disagree with Naoo ... I like the first one more :D ;D
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 :)
The last images are better , Freelancah . Nice :)
Added some postwork http://freelancah.deviantart.com/art/Atheroas-180944181
Great!
Are those lightningbolts in a wider sense "handpainted"?
Either way, the effect is beautiful!
Best regards,
Jan
Yeah you are correct. They are painted
As I said on deviantart, excellent work! The clouds very accurately give a sense of a tremendous amount of energy and the lightning only serves to enhance this presentation!
Yes the postwork makes the image definitely better as it it :)