Illustrating scenes from the final frontier can make for some beautiful work.
…mdash The Rule of Thirds
Before we get to the drawing, first a word on composition. Most of the image is going to be empty space with one main focal point the planets exploding. Therefore, where we place that focal point is going to be important. I’ve followed what’s known as the Rule of Thirds.
This rule used in photography, filming as well as illustration simply states that if you divide your canvas in three lengthwise and vertically, your main focal points should be at the intersections, or along the lines themselves. The reasoning being that having things off center creates more visual interest.
So I’ll be placing my planet images in the bottom-left corner. Note that after I placed my actual lines on for this diagram, I realized it wasn’t quite on that cross-section, but close enough
Anyhow, for the purposes of this tutorial, I’ll be zooming in on the left side so that we can show things a bit closer up without breaking my PSDTUTS grid, so I thought I should show you the main composition first.Step…
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