Wow..this is very beautiful. I love the whole water effect, and how the orb sits off to one side and isn't the center of the picture. It still attracts your attention, however.

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OMFG! I love this piccy *steals and hides in box of no return* ^_^ Yey tee hee hee

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nice work, i love bryce stuff, but compared to ur other work it seems kinda plain.

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A gorgeously pretty render. THe ring around the planet seems a bit plain, that's my only criticism of this piece.

What program do you make this in? If PS means photo shop, thats crazy. This is really awesome but i have no idea if it takes a few seconds to make (some 3d program) or if it takes days and days. excuse my ignorance. I really like it alot though and I'm pretty curious to know how long it takes to come up with something like this, what programs are used, and how many layers it takes, etc, etc... Awesome deviation!

This was made in Bryce 5 Beta...it didn´t take too long to set up, I had the idea left from an older version, and that was really just put together in a few minutes of experimentation.....the shields are just two boolean groups with three objects each, built up only of spherical shapes, and all other objects are just tweaked a bit, with terrains slapped on, save for the ring, which is made up of two boolean 2d discs. Raendering ws another thing, since I pulled up all settings to the highest....apprx. 5 hrs to render I think...
So, to answer your question, it took 1 day in total, counting experimental renders.
Glad you liked it ~_^

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That sounds amazingly complex. My brain can't comprehend. I'll stick to pencils for now but would love to learn how to do that stuff some day.

That's just beautiful. My jaw dropped when I saw this, it's breathtaking.

I love the colours, and the specks in the foreground. The water is perfect.

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Ty very much ~ ^

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