Remember that little planet tutorial I showed the class awhile ago? Here’s a short video version of it.
This isn’t so much of a tutorial itself as a video of the process so if anyone forgets the order of steps or the general idea, this can serve as a pretty good reminder. It isn’t super slow so don’t be afraid to pause and rewind if you need to. I tried my best to avoid using shortcuts so you can follow the names of the menu items that are used to perform actions, but there may be a slip up or two. And of course, anytime a slider is used (resizing) please make sure to hold down shift to keep it from distorting or becoming disproportionate.
Like I said, the video itself isn’t descriptive and is more of a reminder of the steps we discussed in class. Of course, if anyone forgets anything, needs clarification, or has any questions about ways you can continue adding onto your planet beyond the base shape here, don’t be afraid to ask in the comments here or catch me in class.
Rikki Li
Maya,
This was a really helpful tutorial (as it was when you demonstrated in class). When making planets, I always struggle with making the outer edge less harsh, which sometimes even an outer glow can’t fix. However, I think the combination of colors you used (i.e. the outer glow + your color balance adjustments) helped to mitigate that harsh line. Nice work!
Arielle R
I loved your tutorial in class, and I think this is really helpful too. I like that planet-making is fairly basic process on here-I will definitely try this out again when I re-learn photoshop, as right now I’ve become familiar with Gimp. If you haven’t tried Gimp out yet, I highly recommend it! Gimp has a lot of amazing filters (as photoshop clearly does too) but I really think its worth a look. Some cool planets could be made on that program too!
Maya P
I started with GIMP way back in the day. Does it still have that brush that’s shaped like a pepper? That’s like the most quintessential aspect of GIMP to me. It really is a nice little tool, it’s helped a lot of people get a start in graphics and photo editing.
Kelsey M
Thank you again for taking the the time to give us this tutorial in class. You were so patient and did a wonderful job explaining the tools to us. Your in-class tutorial was the foundation for many of my Photoshop images. It was the perfect example of an image that can be made from scratch. The gradient and glow tools were very especially helpful.
Olivia A
Wow Maya! Thanks so much for this. I really learned a lot from your in-class tutorial on the planet. I think you should create more tutorials on youtube because you’re really knowledgeable about PhotoShop and they can really help beginners (like me). For our photo editing assignment, I remembered how you taught us how to use the shape tool. I utilized the rectangle shape to create a skyline!
Maya P
Thanks Olivia! I’d love to see your piece with the skyline, that’s a great idea! I actually have been intending to start doing speedpaints and tutorials of some of my pieces and processes for sometime now since I got a new (way better) desktop. I don’t mean to sound self promote-y but if you follow my art page on facebook (www.facebook.com/MayaElaineArt) or instagram (@mayaelaineart) you’ll be able to see them when I start producing some.