From a scanned pancake surface, create your very own 3D moon; and learn how to paint a nebula to show off your uniquely cratered moon.
Multi-Outcome Class
This class covers a range of easy to master skills, from cooking, to 3D rendering, to digital painting.
Part 1 – The Pancake Moon
In Part 1 of the class, you will learn how to:
<ul>
<li>make pancakes in your kitchen</li>
<li>using Affinity Photo, make equi-rectangular projection texture and bump maps out of the pancake's cratered surface</li>
<li>using Cheetah 3D, wrap the texture and bump maps around a sphere, and</li>
<li>render your pancake moon.</li>
</ul>
We will be using <a href="https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Affinity Photo</a> to create our texture and bump maps, and <a href="https://www.cheetah3d.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Cheetah 3D</a> to render the pancake moon.
Note: Cheetah 3D is Mac-only software. For Window's users, you may find similar 3D apps that you can use. If you can't, I have supplied some moon renders that you can use for Part 2 below.
Part 2 – Painting a Starry Nebula
With Affinity Photo, you will learn how to:
<ul>
<li>use shapes to create stars and simple lens flares</li>
<li>use the standard set of Affinity Photo brushes to paint star fields and a nebula</li>
<li>composite your moon with your starry nebula, and</li>
<li>fine tune the lighting of your moon.</li>
</ul>
 
Introducing the The Creative Space Agency
This class is one of four space-themed classes developed collaboratively by a group of Skillshare teachers who banded together to form the Creative Space Agency. 
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Please check out these amazing teachers and their space-themed classes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/user/marshdesign?username=9342144" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Lindsay Marsh</a> – <a href="http://skl.sh/2FZXMKA" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Let's Design a Rocket Logo - Practice Your Logo Design Skills and Master Tools</a> A vector drawing class on how to create a rocket logo/badge. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/user/jessicasanders?username=1632625" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Jessica Sanders</a> – <a href="http://skl.sh/2ESDnYd" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Loose and Lively Watercolor Galaxy</a> A water colour class on how to paint galaxies. Look out for Jessica's bonus class on painting gas planet stripes for creating a 3D gas planet. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/user/diananemesu?username=2590295" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Diana Nemesu</a> – <a href="http://skl.sh/2o7RroT" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Paint a Child on the Moon</a> A water colour class on how to paint the girl in the moon. </li>
</ul>
The Affinity Photo logo and Cheetah 3D logo are copyright by their respective owners and are used with permission.

Introduction

Making Pancake Batter

Making Cratered Pancakes

Scanning Your Pancake Surface

Creating a Texture Map

Creating a Bump Map

Creating Your Moon

Painting the Nebula

Adding a Sun and Primary Stars

Adding a Star Field

Lighting the Moon

Your Project

The Creative Space Agency

Bonus - Gas Planet Quick Lesson

Cheetah 3D Files.zip

space-themed-image.afphoto

free-images.zip

Heavenly Bodies

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