alright a space artist !!! yay

i didnt think any1 else knew how
this one is great
my crits
that blue looks horrible, its a solid shade, (the blue horizon) make it blur in
(its also off the planet man)
also, no dark side(since i can see the suns glare, that means that the other side of the planet should be dark(unless theres a second sun))
take the shape of the planet, fill it solid black, go to gaussian blurr and blur it alot, that you basicly have a blurr in the middle of the planet
press ctrl + T to transform, and drag one of the corners way off the screen
heres what im talking about {http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4126/ol3nbasiclyxm1.jpg}
when you made the planet you would have a better outline so you wouldn't do a shitty erasing job like mine. but you get the basic idea
but your clouds are great, ive always failed at clouds, can you show me how you did them?
when i myself do the blueish glow, i make a new layer in the shape of the planet, make it black and set it to screen, the just do an outer and inner glow, make the outer glow very small and the inner much larger, requires a bit of touch up on the dark side of teh planet
but is good besides those facts.
infact its really wonderfull, you did a very good job on the change between land and see (that light colored water) wonderfull
ill post some tutorials by alan and shadow tm when i find them, they r really helpfull, im friends with shadowtm and he is great
and your quit a good artist, do you know terragen aswell?
and if i havent mentioned it already, create background space