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Chromattix β ad infinitum
Published: 2008-12-31 13:00:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 39900; Favourites: 1596; Downloads: 0
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Ad Infinitum = without limit, forever, or any similar meaning to this fancy phrase that's appropriate for my third annual new-year's deviation, a sparkly and celebratory space scene of course to end one rich, eventful year and promise the same for the next, just as I have done at the turn of the new year with previous pieces such as Lightyear and Shoot for the Stars β and just look at how far I have come since those
I've been itching to make another space scene for a while, since the last actual outer-space artwork I made was over 2 months ago. This one is 99.9% pure Photoshop work, wondering what the 0.01% is? It's those tiny little peaks on the closest planet at the bottom that seem to be catching the last afternoon light, those were done in Vue 6. The planets were made in the conventional way - using satellite images to form the basis of their surfaces. The nebula that fills the entire scene is completely brushed from scratch, with some manipulation of some cloud photo's I took to form those dark, feathery dust clouds obscuring some areas of it
Happy new year everbody!. Please only view my art and not use in in any manner, thankyou!
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Stunning.
Shame the resolution is too low for a wallpaper
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Your artwork takes my breath away! I do similar in work in Acrylic on canvas. Very niceΒ
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I used to use acrylics years ago before going all-digital, but admittedly my traditional attempts were never as detailed as yours (paints also dried too quickly before I could do any complex blending 
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Yes... they do dry quick... u can use an extender for acrylics and it does help.Β
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I absolutely LOVE this! I bow to your greatness. In fact, I'm really interested in buying a print. A really BIG print. The image shown is somewhat small, I assume the actual print version is much bigger? (I don't know how this stuff works honestly) Is the resolution on the print detailed enough to look good on a 30x45 inch print? (cause that would be awesome!)
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Glad you liked it
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Thanks for the reply
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The full resolution is 5400 x 3400. That smaller amount there is just for this preview mode. Still, this is an older artwork, so it does come with its risks regarding prints. But I have not heard any complaints from previous buyers yet
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Welp my turn to have a go at painting these brown clouds hehe
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I recently bought this for my son for Christmas and just got a chance to take it out of the box and look at it. Is it common to put your web site on the bottom?
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Yes. I noticed a lot of other artists did that so I thought it was the norm. deviantART's printing team also has some standards when it comes to the size and placement of text or watermarks and they'll refuse to make an artwork available as a print if they feel the presence of it has too much impact on the artwork
I'm used to seeing artwork framed myself. Typically frames somewhat distract away from stuff like that
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I wouldn't mind but it's an eyesore that distracts from such a beautiful image. Is it possible to remove the link from the image and just leave the signature. It would be amazing if so.Β
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Hmm, did you already buy the print? If not I could probably remove it from the print file before buying it.
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Unless they're a lot further apart and the camera is just zooming in on them really closeley
That's how they get those "massive sun" sunset shots too
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Do you draw the textures on the planets yourself or do you use premade ones? Also, how do you make the nebulae in the background look so realistic? Do you use custom made brushes?
Sorry for all the questions. I just really want to learn how to make space art as good as yours.
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The planet textures are created using real textures with a lot of overlaying and manipulation (to avoid familiar features showing up or repeating) But the background is digitally painted with only small use of custom brushes. These types of nebulae generally are hard to create using textures or special brushes alone, but more generic-looking and distant nebula shots can be achieved that way.
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99.9% Photoshop? This just proves just how magic photoshop is.
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I would love to see this in the sky every night.
(Or at least the Milky Way)
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Same here 
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Received this today as a print for Christmas.
Completely stunning in 12x18 "Lustre". A bit darker than how DA displays but it is completely gorgeous. Wonderful picture, thank you for sharing your beautiful art with us <3
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That's cool! I think I remember being told I sold a print of this recently and wondered who it was since few bother buying ones that big 
Yeah, everytime I print out my own work it comes out a bit darker, hopefully not enough to ruin it though, I ordered two large prints from dA a couple of years back and they were a little darker too but amazing quality. So I also know the awesome feeling of a new print arrival
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Must have missed it. But at least now it seems like new
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Just discovered this. This is just...WOW! 
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I think DD's are best saved for lesser known artworks...unless it's something mind-boggingly original that the community just has to see regardless
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Yeah, you are right. Now I see it has already 17,662 views so I think this piece got its attention already.
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Not to mention this one has been ripped left right and centre from all kinds of other sites
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I dont know how i havent seen this until now. Absolutley amazing sir. I love the depth to the nebula.
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Thanks! Creating depth in a nebula can be hard since the fact we see them all from far away kinda "flattens" them, so one just has to imagine what the formations would be like when immersed in them
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I've always liked pictures like these. Two inhabitable worlds that reside side by side each other.
They make you wonder what the people on both worlds are thinking about when they look up into the sky at the other world.
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Same here, I usually include Earthlike worlds in my art since the idea they have stuff living on them makes the scene so much more alive than just gas and rock 
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That nebula kinda reminds me of the Eagle Nebula. Awesome work!
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That's what it was inspired from
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Ah. Well as I said it is an amazing piece (amazing enough that I bought it. 
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Oh, when? since a fair few people have been buying this one lately, after my calendar I think it's sold the most copies, which is odd since it's not even my most popular
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How about a few hours ago.
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