Heart of a Civilization

Companion art piece to "If It Meant Living: Beyond - Chapter 7: "All That Glitters": [link]

Created in PhotoShop CS6; sun and lunar orbital ring stations created in Vue.


Planetary textures include stock from: HawkDonz: ([link]), Euderion: ([link]), and Hameed: ([link]).
Nebula stock from Euderion: ([link]).
Moons stock from AshenSorrow: ([link]) and ([link]).

Brushes used for stellar effects include:
"Stars and Galaxy Stars Brushes Photoshop" from FrostBo: ([link]), "Brushesesesessss" from muju: ([link]), and "Space" from the amazing Obsidian Dawn: ([link]).

Brushes used for planetary lights include:
"Crop Circles" and "Tech" from Obsidian Dawn: ([link]), "Stars and Galaxy Stars Brushes Photoshop" from FrostBo: ([link]) and my own brushes created from NASA stock "Earth at Night": ([link]).