Gas giant

A giant planet is any massive planet . They are usually primarily composed of low-boiling-point materials (gas or ices), rather than rock or other solid matter, but massive solid planets can also exist. The term gas giant was coined in 1952 by the science fiction writer James Blish and was…

Something else spacey I made in C4D. 'Nother Gas Giant

Another planet made in Substance Designer. I went for a Jupiter like gas giant. This one turned out to be more difficult then i thought. Approaching an object of that size (without a solid surface) like any regular material doesn't work that well. The usual roughness, normal and ao maps have the effect of making it look like a miniature or made of something different then gas so i had to work with the base color map mostly.

1/3. 2020.

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Gas Giant in Sky

The existence of a rocky planet named Proxima b orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun, has been confirmed. It is the closest exoplanet to us in the universe.

Part of the "Megastructures: The Visual Encyclopedia" book project, on sale now at http://www.neilblevins.com/projects/megastructures/megastructures.htm Updated from an older piece of artwork. A gas giant refinery is a series of structures that would be suspended in the atmosphere of any gas giant such as Jupiter or Saturn, their purpose would be to harvest large amount of hydrogen / helium or other gases from the planet to prepare the raw elements for transportation elsewhere.