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Published: 2010-07-03 08:31:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 4859; Favourites: 142; Downloads: 174
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Proudly Presenting ~Macrocosm~
Click the download button for the wallpaper pack!! Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the mid-point is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.
Original size was massive, so wallpaper pack is appropriately large
If you have normal res instead of a widescreen res, just "center" the appropriate size. Sizes:
2560x16001920x12001680x10501440x9001280x800
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Comments: 34
What program did you use to do this?? It's insane!
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mmm, but it seems like the surface of the two planet copy of each other? I mean, you just copy one surface and rotate it. it would be nice to use a completely different surface
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One of your best yet aesthetic-wise, though not one of your more original pieces.
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Fantastic !
Even right down to the very details !
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Could you possible give me a tip on how you make your planets look so detailed? I've seen so many people that can make detailed planets like that, but I just don't know how its done. Would you mind being the one to help me out? I would GREATLY appreciate it.
Thanks
~ Elliot
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Work large, use larger textures
And seriously, LARGE. The original size for this image was around 10,000px x 6,000px or something of that nature. It takes a long time to composite a texture that is workable at those sizes, but the payoff is worth it
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Ahh, alright, yeah I never really used textures that much before. And so, do you use the textures before you sphereize the planet? Or do you do it after sphereizing it to keep it from pixilating? And if you do it after, how do you keep the perspective, for example on your macrocosm? You're looking at the side of the planet on an angle, therefore giving a different perspective as opposed to looking straight down on top of it? ya know what I mean? =\
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Terrific composition; I keep studying the details and perspectives. Well done!
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Triangular lens flares? Took me a while to figure out what they were, I thought it was an odd feature of the planet surface.
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Yeah, I've been using those a lot lately
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Wouldn't that mean that the lens the picture was "taken" from is triangular?
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It's photoshop. Creative license plz.
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That's what they all claim.
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Excellent work on this one. Mind resizing for 1920*1080?
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I don't feel like it. Just center the 1920x1200 wallpaper
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the texture on the planet with rings is insane 
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Haha glad you like it 
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