A Work in Progress: Alien Landscape



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step 1 of 6

I started out by masking out the sky and doubling up the rocks in the background

Creation of Alien Landscape: Step 1

step 2 of 6

Next was a star field, loosely following the star field tutorial.

Creation of Alien Landscape: Step 2
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step 3 of 6

I joined triangles into a dome shape, painted under them and used dodge and burn to shade it.

Creation of Alien Landscape: Step 3

step 4 of 6

Our intrepid explorer was painted.

Creation of Alien Landscape: Step 4

step 5 of 6

This...was...so...much...FUN! I borrowed from 2 tutorials to create my planet. Basically, I took a rust texture, put a blue layer under it, then masked the rust layer into continents. I used the magic wand (left click menu, "similar") to change the color of some of it, then used Filter>Distort>Spherize to turn it into a globe.

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step 6 of 6

Here I've added atmoshere, clouds and a shadow.

Creation of Alien Landscape: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Alien Landscape: Final Result

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