Comets, Wormholes and Planets

When creating the comets and other elements for my board game I looked at photos of comets as reference.

Figure 1: Comet. A. Block.  2013. Retrieved from http://www.space.com/20058-amazing-comet-photos-2013-stargazers.html

Figure 2: Comet Pan-STARRS.  L, Argerich. 2013. Retrieved from http://www.space.com/20058-amazing-comet-photos-2013-stargazers.html

I wanted the comets in my project to be very bright to stand out against the sky.  They are also shown as if seen from a distance. 

Figure 1: Designs for Snakes and Ladders

These elements were created for my Snakes and Ladders redesign.  The top three comets were made purely in photoshop using the smudge, liquify and glow tools.  Particle fall-off was applied with a gradient sent to dissolve.  The bottom comet was rendered from Maya and then manipulated in photoshop.  

The Blackholes/ Wormholes were also painted in Photoshop and use the glow fx.

As for the planet this was created from a concrete texture, which was Spherized in Photoshop and then shaded.

Figure 2: Final Snakes and Ladders redesign