Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> >
> > * isn't scale of the clouds too small? making them bigger would create larger
> > holes where the "moon" could be let visible and still get some occlusion from
> > the clouds, because as it is, the moon looks closer than the clouds.
> > *beaches are too vertical, ideally a small fringe of the terrain with lower
> > slope would make them less linear, but I guess it must be difficult depending on
> > how procedurally the height field was generated... If not possible then I would
> > try to make the sandy yellow line much thinner to make up for that.
>
> I was expecting this! ;-) The point is that those as /not/ clouds but a
> starscape, maybe somewhere closer to the galaxy's hub. Star clusters and
> groupings are supposed to represent this aspect. Of course, the
> image_map used of an Apophysis flame is not really star-like nor
> realistic but I liked this nonetheless for an alien sky, and why go all
> the realistic way after all?
>
> As far as clouds are concerned, there is a scattering media present
> which expresses the heat of this planet but no clouds are formed at this
> hour of the day.
>
> >
> > Great work and a hard subject to depict !
> >
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Thomas

This is a good idea that was not yet readable: no one can honestly tell you yet
that they look like star fields rather than clouds, despite what is realistic or
not... Maybe some really brighter stars with streaks would help, ideally the
"foreground one" with asteroid belt would be even more brilliant since closer
and have more streaks... The problem you face is we're reading the picture from
what we know and the only such cloudy star field visible to the human eye is the
milky way. If it can be of some inspiration, the sky needs to be just dark
enough for it to appear.

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