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My first time exploring the creation of planetary environments and scenes, all completely done in Blender. Started with an image texture approach, then moved onto 100% procedural planets and in the Earth-like render, more focus on the atmosphere and star compositing,.

First attempt focussed on the general planet/star layout and is based on NASA's Mercury texture for the planet.

First attempt focussed on the general planet/star layout and is based on NASA's Mercury texture for the planet.

Then moved onto a similar style planet, but constraining/challenging myself to completely node-based, procedural planet which is built on a foundation of noise, wave and voronoi textures.

Then moved onto a similar style planet, but constraining/challenging myself to completely node-based, procedural planet which is built on a foundation of noise, wave and voronoi textures.

Finally, I constructed another 100% node-based, procedural planet. This time, more complex, as I sought to create a "goldilocks-zone" style planet with large areas of water. More care and attention here on the atmosphere and Sun too.

Finally, I constructed another 100% node-based, procedural planet. This time, more complex, as I sought to create a "goldilocks-zone" style planet with large areas of water.

More care and attention here on the atmosphere and Sun too.

Procedural node setup for the red procedural planet.

Procedural node setup for the red procedural planet.

Procedural node setup for the Earth-like planet, most notably here, I used a Musgrave texture for the continents, and then split that to three shaders, the "ground", "coast" and the "water".

Procedural node setup for the Earth-like planet, most notably here, I used a Musgrave texture for the continents, and then split that to three shaders, the "ground", "coast" and the "water".

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