Brutus

I absolutely love this piece, everything comes together very well and I thoroughly enjoy the color scheme, its unique and easy on the eyes. Planet texture has a nice original feel to it, and man those rings are phenomenal! Great work with the lighting and shadow, it really casts a realistic mood for the viewer. The start field works well, plenty of tasty details in there, with good color variation.

For some suggestions, the main stardust at the top seems a little bit rushed to me, I think mainly because there aren’t too many highlights in it, it seems a bit dull. Maybe some more paint-over will help this, highlighting the parts where the light hit’s the “pockets” of the nebula. Creating a new layer on overlay or soft light, and then using a white or very light yellow colored soft brush might help this, and just going over the parts that are supposed to be lit up by the two large stars. You know, just to pop out the scene a little more.

For the overall star field, maybe some more large, brighter stars will liven up this piece as a whole, not to many of course cause you don’t want that to distract from the rest of the beauty, but just a few so it isn’t so “black”.

These are all minor issues, this is definitely an above average piece, it has loads of quality elements and it isn’t boring at all. I just wanted to share my opinions. Great style and technique mate, I always enjoy looking at your work! Keep it up! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/>