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Published: 2010-01-31 07:14:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 3846; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 0
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Description These are my first attempts at creating my own planets. Here they are shown in the order i made them in from top to bottom. These were fun and quick to make. i really enjoy creating fictitious ecosystems and thinking about the evolutionary paths creatures might take to adapt to them this approach usually leads to some cool creature designs later on. I’ve included some brief descriptions of the planets for anyone who's curious sorry about any misspellings.

Amphitrite: named after a Greek mythological figure said to be a daughter of Poseidon. Amphitrite is one of 27 moons orbiting the gas giant Estibus, fourth planet in its solar system. Amphitrite’s surface is almost entirely covered by water about 90 percent. it has a single large landmass divided by a complex webbing of rivers and lakes. Though Amphitrite does support life the creatures here have not evolved the ability to breathe or move on land so the majority of its landmass is dominated by plant life

Boreas: Named after a Greek god of wind, Boreas is also a moon nearly the sized of earth orbiting the gas giant Aeolus. The atmosphere of Boreas is extremely dense and oxygen rich allowing it to support enormous flying organisms. Because of its high oxygen content fires can be triggered very easily by its lightning storms,

Zephyrus: Named after the Greek god of the west wind Zephyrus is the most earthlike of these three planets. It is second in orbit around its star and has two moons, one a captured asteroid and the other formed much like our own moon. Zephyrus is about 25 percent larger than earth but has the same land to water ratio and roughly the same atmospheric makeup. Though life on Zephyrus has adapted to land, like amphibians on earth they are restricted to areas surrounding bodies of water.
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Comments: 7

TimsArtCreations [2012-02-18 16:11:51 +0000 UTC]

Cool

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bloodmoongraphics [2011-09-06 22:30:21 +0000 UTC]

looks great!

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daitengu In reply to bloodmoongraphics [2011-09-15 06:46:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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bloodmoongraphics In reply to daitengu [2011-09-16 15:00:45 +0000 UTC]

no prob, your concepts and creature illusts are great

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Zenuva [2010-01-31 07:27:07 +0000 UTC]

Looking good. ^_^ I only have one - probably stupid - question: Assuming Boreas is the central one depicted, if Boreas is so plagued by massive fires, why is there still so much green on it? Wouldn't it have more charred/ash/dirt? Just a random thought; I really like them. ^_^

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daitengu In reply to Zenuva [2010-02-04 02:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Okay took me a bit but I think I have an answer for you. The earth itself went through a period where its atmosphere was similar to the one i described on Boreas. The carboniferous period was marked by levels of oxygen, higher than any other period in the history of the planet. This spike in oxygen content corresponds to a spike in plant growth that can be seen preserved in the fossil record as well as in massive coal deposits around the planet. The high amount of oxygen given off by the plants allowed both plants and animals to reach sizes not known in today’s atmosphere. Insects like meganeura, a large ancestor of the dragonfly that had a wingspan of 60 to 75 cm so round 2 – 3 feet, are perfect examples of oxygen’s effect species size. In addition though high oxygen content in the atmosphere does increase vulnerability to fire there is no evidence to support wide spread blackening or charring of the earth’s surface that would be substantial enough to be visible from space. The carboniferous period is looked at as being one of the greenest eras in earths past.
Im really glad you asked this question. It was really a big flaw in the basic idea of this planet. I also hope I didn’t bore you with my response. Thanks again

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Zenuva In reply to daitengu [2010-02-04 04:17:24 +0000 UTC]

Bored is not the adjective I'd use in this instance...more like impressed. (Esp. with rate conversion. Very fancy) Convincing worlds are difficult to conceive, build and maintain. There's a lot to think about that's not always obvious. Like crickets. But that's a story for another time. Anyways, I approve and look forward to asking many more inane questions. ^_^

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