[x]

Buy This Print close

Art Print
Canvas
Photo
Art Gifts

Browse More Like This

more ▶

More from *heavenriver

Endless, TamelessUnder the rain
I join the crying skies
I feel like smiling
When the sun smiles
Symphatize with book characters
As if
They were children of my pen
Mine in their every joy and sorrow
I saw a beautiful painting
And I cried,
Watched a wonderful movie
And I cried,
Still believing
The existence of stories that cross
The boundaries of time
I held your hand
And froze that endless moment
Of communion
To hear
Music from my accelerate heartbeat
Sanguine
Positive
I had never been so real

Then I saw
How beautiful life was with you,
And I cried.

Soul Shaped DesertEmotions
burnt
and lost

Oppressive,
implacable
sun

Sank
in oceans
of sadness

Dust
On dunes of sand

A soul
shaped
desert

Of soul
stained
despair.

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

$:iconfractaldreams:$ #FractalDreams
Fractalist Group

#blue-club
Blue Art $:iconallthingsfractal:$ #AllThingsFractal

#Creative-digitalArt
Share your creativity!!!

#devITA-group
DeviantArt Italia

#Ab-Stra-Ct-iSm

#DigitallyCreated
Digital Art & Artists $:iconshareyourfractals:$ #ShareYourFractals

Show all (13)

Details

Submitted: August 25, 2012
Image Size: 1.1 MB
Resolution: 925×520

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 87
Favourites: 663 [who?]
Views: 3,942 (0 today)

[x]

The Scope of Discoveryby *heavenriver

Digital Art / Fractal Art / Raw Fractals

Ultra Fractal 5.04

If you like my works, please come visit my Facebook page!

NOW AVAILABLE ON REDBUBBLE! Click here to purchase posters, t-shirts, stickers, prints, iPhone cases and more items featuring this artwork!

*** Prints made with a 4000x6000 size render *** For a higher-sized or higher-resolution print, please contact me ***

*** Now available for fractal commissions! Contact me if you're interested. ***

It literally took me dozens of test renders to keep the little tiny stars on the background (you wouldn't believe it, I opted the antialising out in the end!) but I made it! This is a dream come true for me: I have been wanting to make breathtaking space sceneries in Ultra Fractal for a very long time.

I love space art, and I'm always looking forward to pushing the fractal boundaries ever further: it's part of my goal, as an artist and a human being

P. S.: yes, the avatar was a teaser. You know where it came from now.

Critique by ~Casady4 Aug 29, 2012, 10:18:11 PM

My first thought when I saw this picture was that it is beautiful. It really shows the universe as being huge compared to us. Upon further consideration, I have to say, there are a couple flaws. Nothing that ruins the picture, just details that take away from the realism. The planet is definitely too flat, it doesn't look realistic, you should try working on shadows and lighting to make it seem spherical. Also, planetary rings are made up of many, many particles. At a view this close, you should probably see some of them, or the texture of them at least. The stars are wonderful in the background, but the dots of light in front of the planet are a little disconcerting. If they are supposed to be tricks of the light, try making them a little more spiky, and brighter.
Still, I am partial to this picture. It really does have a lovely effect. Good job!

What do you think?

Fair Unfair

The Artist thought this was FAIR

4 out of 4 deviants thought this was fair.

3 Replies

Devious Rating

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact

Critique by ~worldruler086 Aug 25, 2012, 9:48:27 PM

I'll be soft on you, but I honestly don't think this deserves to be on the front page. It has major mistakes that would simply not exist if this planet were an actual object, and the perspective is simply atrocious. Although it certainly looks nice, you have plenty to work on. The planet has almost no shadow, we should be seeing a crescent, not the glowing ball it is now. Even worse, the texture of the planet does not follow the curvature of the planet, making it not appear to be spherical. Worse still, the ring is not centered at the center of the planet, which would simply not happen in real-life. Also, you have some stars (maybe they are reflections?) that appear in front of the planet, which would not happen unless they were also in front of the planet. You need to work on these basic mistakes, because it comes off as rather lazy. That said, this certainly looks nice, but I wouldn't consider it frontpage worthy

What do you think?

Fair Unfair

The Artist thought this was FAIR

33 out of 45 deviants thought this was fair.

4 Replies

Devious Rating

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact

The Artist has requested Critique on this Artwork

Please sign up or login to post a critique.

~~mad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~chandlerdylan8 Feb 27, 2013

HOLY - censored - this is amazing

*heavenriver Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you

~WinterWolfe6 Feb 19, 2013 Student Artist

Like the title for this one. nice job.

*heavenriver Feb 22, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you

~WinterWolfe6 Feb 24, 2013 Student Artist

no prob.

~Ross-Sanger Aug 30, 2012 General Artist

On the thumbnail this looked really good, and when I enlarged it it stilled looked very beautiful, but there are some flaws.
The planet seems kind of flat, the texture could use some warping to make it look more spherical, and some rounded shading would help.

*heavenriver Sep 2, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Yup, you basically pointed out the exact same flaws as most people noticed. I'm working on it; I should be able to fix at least some of them. Thanks for the insight!