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Wallpaper (widescreen and normal sizes) available here: gtgraphics.de/wallpapers/realmβ¦______________________________
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Wow... you've done it again, friend. This art of yours is a billion times better than anything George Lucas or Gene Roddenberry ever did at its prime; no seriously, all you need is some amazing stories and unforgettable characters and you'll have created a space opera to rival Star Wars and Star Trek... that is, if you don't just blow them out of the water, so to speak.
I'm rather fond of the giant sun being blocked by what I presume to be a giant moon: the resulting solar eclipse is beyond breathtaking. It's like the viewer is a space colonizer, newly arrived at some desolate planet trillions of light-years away from our galaxy. Against all odds, the atmosphere is somehow suitable for human life (You don't even need a freaking space suit or anything! What're the odds?). Wasting no time, the explorers get started on what hopefully will be the first of thousands of space colonies in this galaxy. Here, a colonizer sets out for a leisurely stroll after a day of backbreaking labor, only to become entranced by the ominous embrace of sun and moon (hope he remembered to bring along his safety glasses). Maybe this fellow's also looking towards that neighboring planet on the horizon, hoping he gets to see more of this ever-expanding brave new Universe as he wallows in his smallness and insignificance in the grand scheme of things.
I really have no negative criticism to impart, except that I'd love to see some context for these and other images. Who knows, maybe this guy was part of the first groups to leave Earth after it got turned into a field full of life-draining jellyfish domes, as shown in one of your previous works. Be as it may, congratulations on your work; it's really beyond top-knotch.
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thanks again for your in depth thoughts 
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I'm a massive long fan of yours taenaron. I love your work. Always original and great detail in each piece. However, this falls short and I'll explain why shortly.
First, the good points. It's original and the (I'm going to guess is a blackhole) with a planet in front of it is different - reminds me of the film Interstellar in a few ways of 2 planets orbiting Gigantica. Looks fab and love the event horizon aspects.
The surface of the planet looks great and the little details such as the lights and the crisp outlines of the formations/mountains in the background is good also - many photomanipulators don't execute it so well.
Now onto the biggest and only flaw with this piece. What is in the background does not reflect the surface of the planet. The lighting is wrong. The lighting on the surface resembles a nighttime scene/a light source coming off let's say a moon (which yes, is technically a reflection of a star). Even if this is a night scene, the bright glow of the blackhole in the background would give off a warm glow/shade/high+low lights - which isn't reflected at all on the surface.
Fix this obvious flaw above and you have yourself yet another masterpiece. Keep up the good work as per usual.
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Eh, I clearly see a planet....not sure it'd make sense for a black hole to be so close to a star, but that would make that star freaking enormous.
The night-time lighting does make me curious, but eclipses often do that. On Earth, I've seen satellite images of an eclipse, and the area who gets the perfect view is a dark blotch on the planet. However, the eclipsing planet in this image appears to be MUCH larger than the one we're 'on', but then again we can still see the star behind it...
I'd like to know exactly how the lighting would work in this scenario, but perhaps the reflected light you're mentioning is what's giving he bluish tint.
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Since from this angle the sun is much larger than the moon that is covering it, the light from the sun would still be overpowering the scene. The moon would cast a shadow onto the planet, but as the sun is so huge it would be just a tiny spot covered in deep shadow somewhere in the right half of the landscape. You can see, e.g., here how it works in general: stardate.org/sites/default/filβ¦
In general I think this scene should be much much brighter overall with a huge sun so close to the planet, but taenaron's choice to keep the landscape dark kind of makes the scene interesting as well.
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That is actually pretty neat.
Thanks for the picture and info.
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Thanks a lot for your critique and feedback! Much appreciated.
If it's a black hole for you I'm fine. It actually is supposed to be a planet with two orbiting moons (the smaller one and the one the watcher is supposed to stand on).
I do see and understand your point with the light. And I actually was fighting with myself regarding light and color. Foreground should be way brighter and with warmer colors - at least some reflections (due to the fact that the sun isn't covered entirely). But I wanted a stronger contrast and effect of the shadowed area. That's why I decided to go with cold colors and darkness. For me, it's the very core area of the shadow... I didn't like it with warmer colors.
Just wanted to give you my personal point of view on this
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No problem, thank you for taking the time to share such wonderful and inspiring artwork for us all
Ah, right. I thought it was a blackhole lol 
I understand your decisions now. Perhaps a few sun spots/warm glows in certain areas? I do like the shadowed areas but just feel like it's not in harmony with the overall picture, something you're an expert at doing and creating without fail in every piece!
Look forward to your next piece of art
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This star will annihilate ALL structures on the planets in THAT radius, ripirini in peperini
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This is an unbelievable piece that just inspires awe and a sense of sheer scale. Fantastic job!
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I'm glad you like it
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You're welcome!
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Well, that black moon/planet is certainly imposing! Awesome work
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This is epic.... amazing concept done perfectly. Very powerful and visually stunning.
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WHOA. That's one hell of a view. Love the sci-fi vibe, and the total strangeness of the scene here.Β
Going to second the one critique that said this reminded of Interstellar, because it sure does. However, my impression was a gas giant blocking the view of the massive sun - compared to Insterstellar that doesn't look like the view of an accretion disk to me, but light reflecting off the outer edge of a large planet. I'm guessing this particular planet may orbit with its face locked to the gas giant - allowing a near permanent eclipse during the times it's facing the star. All in all a very cool thing you only read about in hard SF books, and I've got to say you did nicely with depicting that visually.
However, I've also got to second the same critique - even in a total eclipse there is light leaking out from the bright circle of the Sun to light the ground below. This doesn't seem to reflect any of the giant star's light or the insane amount of glare that'd be coming off that much stellar surface still showing around the gas giant. Oh, I can see it around the edge, and I love the contrast between the planet's shadow and the star. But I think you're going to want to jack up the contrast, and have some of that glare bouncing off the mountains and suchlike.
I get it's an artistic piece - and there's only so much glare and contrast someone can put into something like this before they lose the cool factor of the surface and radio telescope in the background.
You could also try having the star be more fully eclipsed by the gas giant - with just the corona and flares showing. You wouldn't lose much of the scale given how big the eclipsing planet is. But you might be able to pull off a light show better fitting both the title and the surface's appearance. Just crop the entire image into more of a parorama so the sense of scale is still there. -shrugs-
I dunno. It's your artwork, and you might be well and done with the piece by now.
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Reality, take a step back, there's a new winner!
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This is stunning and megaultrasuper-awesome. Masterpiece.
This's gonna be my desktor background. From NOW on!
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This would be right at home in Destiny., or a creepy Sci-fi horror movie.
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Wow, truly amazing
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And the title. Just great
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It making me want to watch Defiance though... -3-
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**It's)) And your welcome!
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I was just scrolling down the page when suddenly found this.
OUTSTANDING.!
Great work here.!
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I see how the title ties into the picture. Nice. So, sci-fi too. I love it!
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