The recent ground breaking image that was released showing an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut really fired my imagination, so I thought I’d create my own artistic impression of this distant world. Unlike my previous digital creations which have all involved the use of Blender, I decided for a change that I’d try experimenting with Photoshop instead.
If your interested in getting your hands on a copy of the image above, it will be available to download as a desktop wallpaper from my upcoming darkflow project. In the meantime I hope you enjoy what I have created.
Tags: Extrasolar Planet, Fomalhaut, Fomalhaut b, Photoshop
This is beautiful! It must have been such fun to create. Can’t wait to get a copy :)
Love it!
Thanks Tavi / Aaron! I really enjoyed doing this in Photoshop and I’m glad you both like it. Working with Blender you don’t have to think about making objects look three dimensional, they just are, so you almost don’t have to think about creating depth or perception. Creating this image felt like a very tactile process - almost like painting a real picture. It really was fun and I’m looking forward to doing more of the same!