WHOA. That's one hell of a view. Love the sci-fi vibe, and the total strangeness of the scene here.



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.