Planet Creation GuideMy first guide/tutorial, I hope I did it right.
Well, this guide will be showing you the steps I took while making the planet from one of my newer pieces 'Inside the Iris'. I hope I explained everything well enough for everyone, if yuo don't understand something feel free to note me about it and i'll help you the best I can. Please remember that this is just a guide and only that, so I will not be showing you the "secrets" of making a planet, just the basics.
Available in the download is 1 PSD containing all of the steps of the guide, there are also 10 images in a folder containing the steps, and 1 cloud stock image, which was done by me (the actual clouds are all NASA though
).
Have fun with it and good luck, I hope it helps!
- Zip File Contains:
1 PSD
10 Images
1 Cloud Stock
`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
Sta.sh
Ship Engineer Erinaa
Thanks!
[link]
I am having a little trouble understanding the true start of the whole thing, What do I make first and on wa new layer or the background?
Later on it talks about a textured layer, when was that made? (This was in Step 2)
Also when I use the elliptical tool, it would cover everthing I moved it over.
But to answer your question, create a new layer separate from the background to begin. On that layer either use the Elliptical marquee tool or the Ellipse tool to create the 'base' of the planet. When it comes time for the texture, make sure the texture covers the entire planet (the circle) and then select the planet layer preview image (NOT the layer itself, just the layer image. this is to form a selection around the planet), hit ctrl+shift+I to invert the selection and delete the remaining texture. While it is still selected, invert it again and go to spherize in the filters menu to continue on.