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    Quote Originally Posted by jshoer View Post
    Are you going to shade the planets as if lit from the star? That's the aspect that sticks out most to me.
    Yes, that i what I tried to do (inspired the original french solar system map linked above). What do you think?

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    It looks to me like the light source illuminating the planets is mostly above (from the perspective of the viewer) rather than coming from the star itself. When I look at the original map, there's a pretty distinct dark side to each planet, on the side facing away from the star, so that from the viewer's perspective, they are all half illuminated. Did that help?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jshoer View Post
    It looks to me like the light source illuminating the planets is mostly above (from the perspective of the viewer) rather than coming from the star itself. When I look at the original map, there's a pretty distinct dark side to each planet, on the side facing away from the star, so that from the viewer's perspective, they are all half illuminated. Did that help?
    I see, I'll try darkening the shadows a bit and see how it looks.

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    Here we go, finally made some more progress. In addition to adding some more final touches to the planets, I added labeling and details. Don't too look to hard at the science, I tried my best with a very short time, but I would be shocked if there aren't large errors, given that I didn't spend much time on that aspect. Overall, I am pretty happy with this style and how it came out.

    Sriax System WIP 4.jpg

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    Love the shadowing that the sun gives off, nice touch! Wonderful work so far.

    6D has a typo "Forzen"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adfor View Post
    Love the shadowing that the sun gives off, nice touch! Wonderful work so far.

    6D has a typo "Forzen"

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    Thank you! and thanks for the catch, I'll make sure to fix it in the next version.

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    This will probably be my last version, since I won't have time to map for the next couple weeks. Pretty happy with the final result though.

    Sriax System WIP 5.jpg

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    I like very much your map. Good work Turambar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simkin View Post
    I like very much your map. Good work Turambar
    Thank you very much Simkin!

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    If this is your last version, I hope you're proud of your work. It looks striking.

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