Previously I uploaded probably my most detailed space scene, Apocalyptica, this would be my second most. Nebula of the Twin Giants was the second of three large space scenes I did when I was experimenting with the genre, I feel it is better than the first but not as good as Apocalypica. In terms of the approach it was basically an attempt to make a better planet then what I had done in my first scene, which I feel like I achieved. For the planet (and the moon) I used some photos of gravel/broken up ground to give it a real beat up kind of surface that you would expect from some atmosphereless planets(moons). I was really happy with the outcome of the surfaces though they were nowhere near as detailed as Apocalyptica. The second approach was to continue working on my brushwork so as to make realistic a looking nebula/space dust/etc. I like how the coloring came out, and for the time I was very happy with my brushwork but looking at it now I was a bit heavy handed here, although the detail is there and I still find some aspects of the brushwork good. Nebula of the Twin Giants was created completely in Adobe Photoshop 7.