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Published: 2008-04-28 06:52:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 24027; Favourites: 638; Downloads: 1
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A dark planet orbiting a star that has already gone Supernova, the heat and pressure from its parent star's violent death has melted and transformed the surface into a black, shiny glass-like rock called Obsidian, of which gives off a bright shine when the white dwarf sun reflects upon its new facade. Large cracks wrap around the planet's surface, and many meteors and small moons orbit around it, most of which were blasted away from the planet itself...Now, a cold and eerie calmess fills the void left behind by a destroyed planetary system.My submission to the "dark planet" theme that the newly formed has going. I tried some new things here which I think came out well, but perhaps only for this type of scene, either way, I had lots of free time in the past few days, most of which were spent doing this, so I was able to get it up pretty soon after my last space scene. Enjoy !
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Even with the water mark I want to use it as my background on my desktop for awhile its sweet. excellent work.
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Thanks. Most people complain about that. But the way I see it - if the artwork is good enough people will ignore that stuff anyway
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Amazing, just amazing! I wonder what would happen if that planet was hit by an asteroid........
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I think it's been through a lot worse than that already
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Skill maybe, but a shitload of practice is what brought it out
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wow...i absolutely love this! its amazing! well done!
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It's a great pic, really, but the astronomer in me is screaming "no planet can survive if its sun goes supernova, wich by the way doesnt leave behind a white dwarf but a neutron star, a pulsar or a black hole, but a red giant evaporing into a planetary nebula and a white dwarf could have done the job"
Sorry for the bother and again awesome pic
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Really? damn, either the facts I read (granted they from ages ago) were written wrong or I just got mixed up
I think that wa sthe vision I originally had, I should have said just a regular nova rather than a supernova. I guess I get swept up in supernova's because they're more popular
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wow it looks awesome, almost seems too in focus though
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Lol, is it even possible for something to be too in-focus 
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haha well you wouldn't complain, but realistically yes
still awesome
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Wow. this is stunning! How did you make this? Did you paint it all by hand(erm tablet). This is just oustanding. Instant fave!
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I started out with a 3D landscape I made in the Vue program, which formed the rocky close-up moon, the planet's texturing I made in Photoshop and applied to a 3D sphere and rendered that seperately. Once I had the panet and close moon in place, I just painted in exrtra details to make it look nicer and not so "rendered"...I didn't have a tablet at the time I made this either - it was mouse-drawn
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Lol, this has the least colours of any of my works
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THIS LOOKS AWSOME!!!!!!!! So did you paint this or something?
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Glad you like it! the landscape (which is actually up the top lol) is done in 3D, as is the planet too 
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Greetings Matthew,
Very nicely done. Your background narrative helps less informed viewers better understand this rather "dark" concept . . .
My best,
Michael C. Turner
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Thanks. Yeah, it's amazing how so many good artists say nothing about their works, but I think it helps better better appreciate what's going on
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Greetings Matthew,
Yes, even though a picture may be worth a thousand words, a few words may likewise illuminate any work of art.
My best,
Michael C. Turner
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You're amazing, dude!
Too bad nobody ever looks at my works- and I'm not capable of THIS level of awesomeness. lol
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Sounds like you have two dilemma's there, and I faced the same when I started out, but problem A -nobody looking at your work, can be resolved by doing somehing about problem B - not being capable... You have the tools and the time, you just need to practice
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You drew that with a mouse? 
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Sure did 
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I think this has to be my most fav piece from your entire gallery. The mood you have captured here is just breathtaking! The darkness is really palpable and the cracks give off this kinetic feeling of the sun's shine running through the obsidian surface. The slighlty orange-yellow bloom in the glow/highlights makes the whole darkness come alive.
Two thumbs up, and that's only because I have just two hands. Hell, I'd give you four thumbs up if you'll allow me to use my toes!
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Aha! putting my old, neglected work on my main page for a month is starting to pay off (the last did better in a onth than it had in the year beforehand too 
Oh, and I use my toes too, this joke I have with my brother see's us trying to give each other the finger the most, when we run out of hands, we try to use our toes
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Yup. You got my taste pegged down poifectly!
You're right - nothing can beat custom "hand made" effects. I love the dull yet crisp gradient in the lens flare glow. Very nicely executed.
Okay, how the heck do you give the finger with your toes? (The sentence itself is weird!) Can you really raise the middle toe? That's useful - not to mention creepy!!
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Thanks! and as for the toes...we can't do that, we just muck around and do any random toe movement...that's good enough
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Okay, THAT makes sense. Oh boy - enough commenting. I need to go to sleep now.
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seriously this is amazing. I need you to teach me how to do this... O btw ya got an msn?
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Thanks! there are tutorials covering the basics of making planets and such. Then it's up to the artist to develop their own style (since the space art galleries do tend to look pretty much the same until the artists start showing their unique ways...since you already have lots of digital art experience, you have a leg up on it already
I'll note you with the MSN thing too
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The rifts and cracks makes this look incredible. It sort of reminds me of a cracked windshield.
I loved the story behind Obsidian Ore.
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That's a good comparison actually, yeah, like glass - the rapdid burning of the planet's surface combined with the freezing temperatures left over afterwards would have cracked it all over
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At least a baseball isn't to blame.
I hate to be a planet and be able to feel all that, that would be unbearable.
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In reality thouhg - it would happen so gradually that any life would be long gone before it does
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Actually the Sun has another 5 billion years before it swells into a red giant star burning all life on Earth as we know it.
Main sequence stars like our Sun, a yellow dwarf, lasts for billions of years 10 or so. The Sun is only about half way through that cycle. Millions of years from now it'll swell from a blue giant then to a red giant then expel it's out shell and shrink to becoming a white dwarf then eventually it'll become a black dwarf, a burnt out star.
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Oh yeah, I know that it's about 5 billion years away...I was just referring to those few thousands or perhaps millions of years before it reaches it's full red giant stage
I actaully did an illustration of that scenario here [link]
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In case of the Sun becoming a red giant that'll be in like a 100 million years or so but before that it'll be a Blue Giant star. I heard blue stars are the hottest stars out there.
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Great textures for the planet, the light shining thru tells a story of explosion and it adds to the dynamics of movement in the picture
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You nailed it
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