Off the back of yesterday's note taking which took me up to Saturn, I've begun to start making imagery that reflects the planets more in terms of their characteristics:
Two facts that really stood out to me were the fact that Mercury's temperature fluctuations between day and night are the most extreme of any planet. This is due to its lack of atmosphere to stop heat during the day, and therefore inability to contain it at night. I'm trying to show this with red and blue sides for day and night.
The other fact is that Venus' atmosphere of sulphuric acid clouds is so thick that it blocks out 80% of all sunlight. Therefore, I thought it might be interesting to depict it quite dark and simply, with only the significant variations in ground level being visible.
I tried translating these to larger paintings, and while Venus has turned out pretty well, Mercury needs a lot of work.
I also did a "cubular" Venus. It looks pretty cool.
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