Wow.. Very unusual work but oh so interesting! =^.^= It does really have the feel of being into space, star forming etc. Magnificent work as always, you'll never stop to amaze me

Wooah, incredible lightning effects you got there!

Nice to see you going back to outerspace for this one after a few planetside type works. I really enjoyed your other space images and this is no exception. Skillful work Gary!

i love this a lot. but i don't get the feeling of depth as much as i do in your other paintings. i think it needs some desperately small planets or something closer to the main light area, to differentiate the boundaries of depth. but wow. you always amaze me with your talent and your realistic approach to creating a rocky, jagged surface.

I love the color and atmosphere. I like the angle, motion, and rythm as well. Cheers!

Beautiful. You have a real talent for creating depth in your images. Well Done

Wow indeed!
17 hours does not seem very long for a masterpiece such as this!
Great Work! Saved!

Great work as usual!

I like the stones, good composition and colors

I love the use of the unusual banking angle which makes the composition far more interesting than it would have been otherwise.brilliant composition and colour scheme.

All of your work is stunning! This is no exception. I love the interesting composition, the merging of colors, the use of complimentary colors and the 'glowing' effect . Lovely work!

I love it when an artist can create such great effects from a (intentionally) limited pallet. Nice work.

need I say more?

cool , love the color.

its gorgeous. really lovely lighting. the ice crystals are really well done. but i do agree with crystl.

i think the strangeness in the depth occurs because some of the rings dont appear as rings, they appear to be strands of particles running tangent to the rings. sometimes it causes visual confusion for me. take for instance the one that confuses my eye the most. there are dust clouds a bit above and below the star. the ones above merge with the very well defined ring and dont cause alot of problems, but the ones below also merge with the well defined ring. when they merge, my eye goes around the top of the ring, and then follows the lower dust cloud, instead of around the back part of the ring, so it completely confuses my eye and pulls it away from the really nice job you did with the perspective of the ring. the same sort of happens because of the shape of the rings at the top. but im probably seeing things most people arent seeing. its just me. sorry i wrote a tome.

your paintings always amaze me. theyre just fantastic in concept and execution.

Thanks for the comments everybody!

Ikaika - Thanks for the extended critique, you hit exactly upon the major problem I encountered with this composition. The problem I had was trying to have a close-to-viewer upper and lower ring, the lower one carrying ice asteroids and the up being quite a way above. This compounded with the fact that the viewer is actually underneath the main ring orbit made it quite hard to convey a realistic cloud formation that would allow for this to happen. It almost sent me bonkers

Ultimately, the image represents a quite disorganised, early solar system which does not yet have continuity of orbit path for all objects and gases. Well that's my excuse anyway

above all else I love the lighting on the ice in the bottom foregro

A perfect picture of the birth process. very well done.
I think alot of you guys are reading way to much into it.
Nice, Bravo

Nice detail and composition as ever. Nice one Mate.

ADY.

Mmmph.. if they ever start doing another starwars or startrek kind of thing.. I want to see your work as the backdrops.. you capture 'far off places' wonderfully.. and make them seem as brillant as they're meant to be seen.

Beautiful!

Question:

what exactly is a wacom tablet? Is that something that controls your "mouse" or "pointer" on the screen?

I do alot of freehand drawings myself, and I play around with stuff on the computer, but if I were able to use something to actually *draw* on my screen with some kinda pad recognition or something, I would totally be buying me one.

ok, I figured out what a tablet is, and thats amazing, I didnt know such products exist. Now, to talk about brands, and features that are important. What do you guys think?

whats the main difference between pressure sensitive settings such as 512 and 1028?

Is a larger working area absolutely necessary?

What are some brands to stay away from?

Wonderful ^_^ Love the feeling of infinite. Very awesome, hooking me now ^___^

it's really awesome

No qualms here, not only is it beyond awesome perspective, but it gives off a positivie aura above the solitude of the moment. And hey, I feel when I stare into the light part that I am floating above the ocean looking towards the afternoon sun, it's just brillant all around, keep it up!

shiny, pretty.. and very blue, just the way I like it
very nice, good job!

eeppp.....that is like wow....pretty and shiney.....ohmygod its full of stars!

i love this !love this! amazing amazing work!!!!!!

Pretty pretty! You really have your rock technique down.

Swell job.

Your work is always inspiring. Gives me some good ideas, or even pointers. Who knows, maybe I'll reach to your current level in 10 years or so, heh. +5.

awesome work~! can't wait for your next work~!

+5
Great work!

Verrrrry good! +5

i want the 4000x5000 original resolution hehehe

Really exquisite, i love how the light plays off perfectly over the ice.

NICE!!!!!

yeah it's cool

Great.

*cries*

It's so beautful.... kinda brings me to a ..... peace of mind. (*runs to add on a list of fav. artists*). +5!

wow.... I'm speachless. Just want you to know that I love what you do, if you care and if you'll even read this. >.o

great

Breathtaking, what a beautiful place.

Blue is my favorite color and this painting really satisfies my visual greediness!
+7

Simply amazing.

Your combination of ice and space has really brought your art. This is a truely impressive piece of art. I enjoy it!

Wonderful!! Is it ... space?

Great job, I love the different layers of clouds and the mood that it invokes.

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 ikaika wrote on 08/15@835nits gorgeous. really lovely lighting. the ice crystals are really well done. but i do agree with crystl.

i think the strangeness in the depth occurs because some of the rings dont appear as rings, they appear to be strands of particles running tangent to the rings.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. But I love this picture with the ice shards and in your comment about the "celestial heart." I love the frozen blue hues of this picture, and the transparent effect created on those crystals, and the raw jagged edges. Amazing. *______*

Awesome! Great idea.

omg! I love this

fantastic great feel of movement

*falls to his knees in awe*. amazing. great super fantastic brilliant a masterpiece super-duper astounding astonishing and a long(er) string of compliments and so on and so forth.