Winter Stars by NefariousDrO

2D • Space • posted on Nov 24, 2010

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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.

Description

This started out as the background for a different work, but I liked it so much I couldn't just leave it covered up by a station and a planet, it deserved its own moment of glory. Like my other backgrounds, this was created entirely in Photoshop CS3. The scattered stars were created with the plugin "Glitterato" but then altered a bit to add more variation and the lens flare effect on them. The nebula is the result of a few photographs of clouds. What I'm particularly pleased about with this is that unlike my more recent nebulae that required sometimes up to 30 layers, this one only used 11, and that's including the effects on the stars (Which I often don't count in my layer total) so I seem to be getting more efficient, at last! Thanks for taking a look everyone, and those of you in the U.S.: have a great Thanksgiving!