Tau Beta-7 - Solar System Map

[AzurePlanet]

Oh! A very nice and neat solar system!
Since I've a lot to learn about GIMP, may I ask you how did you make the starfield?

[Cirias]

Oh! A very nice and neat solar system!
Since I've a lot to learn about GIMP, may I ask you how did you make the starfield?

Thanks AzurePlanet

For the starfield I basically used HSV noise to create a smattering of tiny dots and then I did it again and grew the result so I had some larger stars. I then used the Sparkle effect (GIMP) to give the larger stars some additional shape and glow.

The nebula I had do twice from scratch because the first one ended up far too misty looking and not vibrant enough. The nebula was created using a Plasma layer that I deleted large parts of and desaturated/coloured, then again for the next colour etc.

Looking back on the image I think the starfield is probably too heavy and could do with being broken up and more random. There's a great tutorial for it here. However I found that after I made this image, so I didn't get to use it! I'll probably attempt another one soon.