Well, as I said on the original version of Pulcherrima Ignis, it just did not feel done and I had grown bored of it. However, I came back to it with new ideas and this is what spawned.
If you want to read about all the "Facts" from the original, go here to read the description - [link]
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Pulcherrima Ignis means most beautiful fire in Latin (they are conflicting genders however as Pulcherrima is feminine and ignis is masculine, roll with it though, it's my artistic license )
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Resources: Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet Photoshop Elements + CS4 Terragen
Actually everything in the scene except for the asteroids (which I took from Hameed and a few I rendered myself) was done mostly with just the soft/hard round brushes. I just used a custom brush to add texture to the center star. Also, I used filters for the ring around the gas giant, but anyways, the star, explosion, other various elements and the gas giant were all painted using soft/hard round brushes for the most part.