Unique Planet


Make a new Document, 500x500 Pixels


Brush the image with some grunge brushes, any colors youd like, I suggest 2 main colors though. (Brown: 636343, Green: 737C18)

Now go, “Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates” (Polar to Rectangular)

Then go, “Filter > Distort > Polar Coodinates” (Rectangular to Polar)



Now, using the elliptical marquee tool, make a selection around the sphere.



Now, right click and select, “Layer Via Copy” , now select the bottom layer, and fill it with Black.



Now, select your planet layer, and use these settings for layer styles.

Inner Shadow:


Outer Glow:


Inner Glow:


Gradient Overlay:


Pattern Overlay:


Stroke:


Should look something like this now,


Now, Ctrl+Click, your planet layer (should put a selection around the planet) and go “Filter > Distort > Spherize” at “100%”



Now it’s complete. You can now touch it up anyway you’d like. A fun color addition is to create a new layer with blending mode “Color Dodge” and fill it with a color. For a chilly look, use this color “688EB8”

Which would end up looking like this.



This is a Wallpaper I made.



-Scott

I used this tutorial a long time a ago, and it worked like a charm.

I just made another planet. Volia.



The planet itself is a little too big for the image size, but that's my fault. I didn't exactly follow the tutorial to the tee, but combined it with another planet tutorial, because I didn't like the style of the actual planet itself in the other one, but it was really good on stars and suns.