About the Render



Above you can see my latest render, a photo-realistic render of an alien planet. The image is in 2k, so feel free to zoom in, inspect the many mountains, rivers, and cloud formations. Take a moment to zoom out and observe the gentle golden glow of the sunlight on the large lakes and oceans. Notice how the ground transitions into clouds and then into atmosphere, which gently fades into outer space.



The render took around a couple of weeks of on and off work to develop fully, and involves many texturing and compositing techniques. The method is original and somewhat similar to Andrew Price's Cycles Earth tutorial, all though you will notice the feel of the image is significantly different--I put an emphasis on beauty as opposed to strictly sticking to source material. All of the above elements, and more, were specifically targeted and developed in my render process to give maximum realism. I trawled through several BlenderArtists and NASA forums, hunting for tidbit…