I Made Kerbin...Again!

[Thomas988]

I was feeling the inspiration. Y'know, the kind that chains you to your chair for three hours straight? Yeah, that kind. But after I saw how much you guys here on the forums loved

my last Kerbin artwork (and apparently the devs too...I was featured!), I decided to put my new, better skills to the test and make an even more amazing version, and in 16K resolution!

Yes, my friends, you read that right. 16K. I hope you guys like it!

P.S. Because I couldn't decide which version looked better, I made two variations: one with the sunlight to the left, another with it facing upwards. Variety is the spice of life, right? Also, I give huge credit to saik0, whose Kerbal Maps I used to get the 16K texture of Kerbin.

16K RESOLUTION (15.9 MB)

8K RESOLUTION (4.97 MB)

2K RESOLUTION (401 KB)

16K RESOLUTION (15.9 MB)

8K RESOLUTION (4.87 MB)

2K RESOLUTION (391 KB)

[EvilPanda]

Its... beautiful. It is absolutely amazing!

[Thomas988]

Its... beautiful. It is absolutely amazing!

Thanks so much!

[falco1010]

It's awesome ! Keep making these beautiful pictures !

[Felsmak]

I'd recommend using a specular map as well, one where the oceans are pure white and the land is pure black. That makes the water look shiny, while the land does not.

[Thomas988]

I'd recommend using a specular map as well, one where the oceans are pure white and the land is pure black. That makes the water look shiny, while the land does not.

I thought about that, but how would I implement them into something like this?

[Felsmak]

Hmm, I'm really kind of a noob when it comes to 3d software. Only know 3ds Max, haha.

Which are you using?

[Thomas988]

Hmm, I'm really kind of a noob when it comes to 3d software. Only know 3ds Max, haha.

Which are you using?

I just used Gimp and mapped the textures onto a sphere.

[Felsmak]

Aha, okay! When I draw planets manually, I just keep the land as a separate layer on top of the shiny water. But if this is one of those fancy 3d tricks, then I'm not so sure. I've never used those.

[Thomas988]

Aha, okay! When I draw planets manually, I just keep the land as a separate layer on top of the shiny water. But if this is one of those fancy 3d tricks, then I'm not so sure. I've never used those.

Now that I think of it, I do believe I tried something like that when I was making this. However, stuff ended up looking really weird, so I just had to settle for less. But, hey, I could always try again!

And no, I have zero experience in 3D modelling softwares.

[CG_Kerbin]

How do you do these their mind blowing!!

[Thomas988]

How do you do these their mind blowing!!

In gimp there's a filter that can map images onto spheres. I use this and some fancy layers to make it look real. Thanks for liking it!

[Elthy]

I once used

tutorial without knowing anything about blender and got a nice result. Maybe you could try it, too...

[Thomas988]

I once used

tutorial without knowing anything about blender and got a nice result. Maybe you could try it, too...

Thanks for pointing that out! I should have a pretty free night today, so maybe I could look into this!