I have to admit I have never seen Dune, though of course I have heard of it.
I have to admit I have never seen Dune, though of course I have heard of it.
My Finished Maps
Works in Progress(or abandoned tests)
My Tutorials:
Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP
How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP/PS using the Smudge tool
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Someone was asking about Blender. It is awesome for 3d illustration. You can find some of the best modern art in the world made with blender. See this site for sample art: http://blenderartists.org/forum/index.php
The UI is a bit intimidating at first. I recommend you follow the tutorials until you get the hang of it. I've been using it for a year, and I'm still learning. Here are some of my efforts.
I'll just leave this here...
Something I did awhile back in photoshop with the help of several tutorials. I also have some 3d stuff I have done in 3ds max 7 but nothing of note. I don't use it enough to have anything worthwhile done.
Quite nice, me diggin it.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps
I happened to be over at deviant art looking at a friends pictures, and I happened to start searching tutorials, and i found some good tutorials for making planets/nebula etc
http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=tuto...ials&offset=72
http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=tuto...ials&offset=24
http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=tuto...anet+tutorials
http://photoshop-tutorials.deviantar...#Space-related
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone," it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all."
-Lewis Carrol: Through the Looking Glass
while photoshop would work for a whole solar system , it unfortunately doesn't for close up pictures of a planet...it's just not detailed enough.....Originally Posted by delgondahntelius
Have you seen my planet-making tutorial?
http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3388
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps
i just did....can't wait to give it a try...thanks!!
This has been my most recent attempt at a planet scene. It's part of a project I've been working on, and its page is here: http://nhnd.thewildblue.net/wiki/Spero
Last edited by alaskanflyboy; 05-30-2009 at 08:57 AM. Reason: Added a link to the page dedicated to this marble.
I love designing planets using Gimp. Is it possible to design a "star map" in Gimp, or other imaging program. (Example: Sun in the center and then several planets, moons, and an asteroid belt or two orbiting around that, as well as showing the orbital path of the planets and moons) Is this possible to do, and do 'well'? Thanks in advance.
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