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Create a Halo Inspired Ring World in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial
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Create a Halo Inspired Ring World in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial

on Jul 22nd 2011 with 16 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Adobe Photoshop CS4+
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: 10 Hours
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

Photoshop can be used to create all kinds of imaginary worlds. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will demonstrate how to create a ring world from the 1970’s Ring World novels by Larry Niven (and more recently from the Halo franchise) using some of the 3D tools available in Photoshop CS4 and CS5. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you would like to take your digital painting and drawing skills to the next level, Log in or Join Now to get started!

Detailed Video Instruction

This tutorial includes 11 videos that demonstrate the process of creating this project in detail so that you can better understand the techniques that were used in each step. Below is a clip from one of those videos. To view more clips you can Log in or Join Now!

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I was born in Mexico City, worked and studied photography at Eastman Kodak while training in minilab management and traditional darkroom techniques. Now I am steadily growing in the freelance world on matte painting, digital art/illustration and even some 3d modeling.  

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  • Sean

    Puuh. This is real.

  • http://aevion.net AEVION

    Oh man, this guy is on a roll! Way to go Ed, you constantly amaze me with your graphics and incredibly in-depth tutorials. You’re a beast!

  • Brandon

    How do the physics of a ring world even work this is a physicist nightmare

    • Christian

      Centripetal force? As long as it’s spinning fast enough…

  • http://www.darrylburma.com Darryl Burma

    This Photoshop tutorial is brilliant, wow, thanks Ed. You truly are inspiring and very talented. Keep up the great work.

  • http://worldsdmovies.blogspot.com/ MD.Khairul Alam

    The sky is blue.Like blue clour very much.

  • http://www.xtremecircuits.blogspot.com Xtremecircuits

    WOW! BRILLIANT Work, Thanks

  • stever

    What!!!!

    No death or destruction!!!!!!! ??

    Are you feeling ok?

    :)
    Great tut Ed

  • malik

    yes goodddddddddddddddddddddddddd

  • http://taanu51.blogspot.com/ Tanisha

    Superb……..

  • Adrian

    the sound is missing on the downloaded videos or is it my system?

    • http://psd.tutsplus.com/ Grant Friedman

      There is no audio in the video.

  • flamedidea

    wooh! I am loving this premium membership!

  • flamedidea

    Ok, so when I am a premium member, I will have access to the zip file, and the tutorial is inside there???

    • mxl

      yes

  • vignesh

    super……….