I just watched a video about Spore (http://www.spore.com/). And I just had to make one of those funny little planets. Here is the result.
Modeled and rendered in blender with a bit of post-pro in Photoshop (stars and atmosphere).
[UPDATE]
I continued to work on the planet and made it 100% Blender. The atmosphere is now made up of 500 very large and transparent particles, and the stars are standard Blender-stars. Also added bumpmapping to the planet. I don’t know why I didn’t do that earlier.
Haha… lovely try. some cities or villages on the surface will improve it. And it would be cooler if u tried making the clouds in 3d rather than postproduction since it is a real time enviroment.
I just can’t wait until this game will be available.
Nice work. The colours are great and i love the look of those clouds. A city or just a few buildings would be nice. I’d love to see it animated - not a full “Spore” recreation, but just a 360 spin around the planet would be cool