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Published: 2011-07-25 15:01:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 31244; Favourites: 1485; Downloads: 2983
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"Night by night, I have been watching the sky, recognizing the constellations, and thought this would be the greatest sight one could have. Until I had the chance to ascend into greater heights; to transcend over the mere terrestial viewpoint into the empyreal. A vista that is unmatched, as the moon slowly rises over the horizon..."Recently, I've been trying out a new method for painting nebulae (you can see a few attempts in the latest images of my scrap-folder) and this is the outcome of it. I am pretty happy about the image because it turned out exactly how I imagined it
Because I personally think the neb looks quite cool, I uploaded it as well. Feel free to check it out here: [link]
Fairly quick with something between 5 and 8 hours. Most time went into tweaking the colors because I, once again, painted in black and white
Special thanks to the guys in the SpaceArt -channel for their constructive criticism!
Also, this is my entry for #ForgottenGalaxy 's Moon Contest. Wish me luck!
I made a wallpaper-pack!
Available sizes are:
Standard/Mac:
Widescreen:
If you have a smaller monitor, just scale it down. No point in providing any possible size and therefore forcing you to download a 100MB-wallpaper-pack
As usual, favs and comments are highly appreciated!
Enjoy
Facts:
- original size: 7500x3750
- PSD-filesize: 431MB
- Hardware: Wacom Intuos 3
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3
- random fact about these facts: each line contained the number 3.
- another random fact: 90% of the readers just read the previous lines again :p
So, woah, I just woke up and found this being a DD... yeah, I don't know what to say really; kind of speechless right now xD
Thank you =cjpul for suggesting and ^Voyager212 for featuring! You really made my day
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Comments: 242
BLPH In reply to ??? [2017-10-22 17:33:29 +0000 UTC]
Wow, thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate those!
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anna-nubi [2013-05-20 12:36:54 +0000 UTC]
Just looked through my favourites again... While I do actually really like everything I fave (but obviously xD), this caught my eye again
If I could fave twice, I would! Stunning!
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BLPH In reply to anna-nubi [2013-05-20 16:08:24 +0000 UTC]
Wow, thank you so much! I really appreciate it
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sheorun [2012-02-04 11:26:27 +0000 UTC]
wow, the nebula's great! It conveys such a paintinglike feeling in contrast to those realistic planets! Never seen something like this before. Great work
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BLPH In reply to sheorun [2012-02-05 00:37:39 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot for the kind words, I really appreciate them
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sheorun In reply to BLPH [2012-02-05 00:43:05 +0000 UTC]
no problem good art deserves recognition
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Chicopower [2011-08-26 22:50:45 +0000 UTC]
Very beautiful! My dual screen look very nice with this wallpaper
Thx to share your great talent!
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BLPH In reply to Davidpoet30 [2011-08-08 20:58:56 +0000 UTC]
Umh, my mind hasn't changed since [link]
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Davidpoet30 In reply to BLPH [2011-08-08 21:23:58 +0000 UTC]
since when and i dont remember what you said
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BLPH In reply to Davidpoet30 [2011-08-08 21:30:25 +0000 UTC]
That is why I linked the previous comment
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BLPH In reply to Davidpoet30 [2011-08-08 22:43:26 +0000 UTC]
I can't quite tell if you're trolling or not, but here it is: [link]
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Davidpoet30 [2011-08-04 21:08:21 +0000 UTC]
may i write a peom about this and put it up on my wall at home
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Davidpoet30 In reply to Davidpoet30 [2011-08-08 22:47:46 +0000 UTC]
ok i am sorry and i will do what you said
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BLPH In reply to Davidpoet30 [2011-08-05 10:02:24 +0000 UTC]
Go for it, and let me read it as well!
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daiokaio [2011-07-30 01:22:13 +0000 UTC]
I really appreciate this piece. This inspires me to draw and create. This is so amazing. Wish I could do what you do. Very nice talent.
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BLPH In reply to daiokaio [2011-08-01 20:29:49 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind words!
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Angie-Pictures In reply to BLPH [2011-07-29 20:50:47 +0000 UTC]
My pleasure. You're always very welcome!
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Roronoa-Forte [2011-07-28 05:29:29 +0000 UTC]
Sorry; between the space-scape and the title of the piece, my mind automatically defaulted to EVE Online.
Very nicely done, but the nebula looks too brushed and two-dimensional compared to the planets.
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BLPH In reply to Roronoa-Forte [2011-07-29 20:46:51 +0000 UTC]
Hmm, I haven't ever played EVE so I can't really relate to that
I will, for future pieces, try to simulate more depth into the nebulae and integrate the planets in a better fashion. Thanks for your critique!
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Roronoa-Forte In reply to BLPH [2011-07-30 04:42:13 +0000 UTC]
One of EVE's expansions was entitled "Empyrean Age", so yeah. Sorry for the left-fielder.
You're quite welcome; don't let my criticism deter you. You made an excellent piece, whatever my opinion about depth may be.
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BLPH In reply to Roronoa-Forte [2011-08-01 20:31:13 +0000 UTC]
I guess I won't change that specific piece anymore, but I will certainly keep your advice in the back of my head for future images
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hoevelkamp [2011-07-27 21:14:44 +0000 UTC]
Congratz for getting the DD. It sure is worthy of it.
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QAuZ [2011-07-27 06:37:45 +0000 UTC]
Nice try of making close up planet! Atmosphere is very high btw.
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CommanderEVE In reply to QAuZ [2011-07-30 21:38:15 +0000 UTC]
You are the best at making close up planets.
XD...
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QAuZ In reply to CommanderEVE [2011-07-31 06:43:52 +0000 UTC]
In ps and without painting? Oh yeah that's right
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