Cool it almost looked like an optical illusion for a second there

Heheh, yeah it kinda does. ^^; Like those pictures that you have to slightly cross your eyes to bring it out in 3D. I wish I could make one of those...

I used to have a computer program that made those things. You just imported a picture, and it made it for you. Don't remember what it was called though :|

Anyway, this is awesome. I feel like I should be seeing something above the skull... looks sorta like an angel holding two lights.

And. Your avatar wins the internets :D

Heh, I do all of this from scratch in Photoshop CS3. Start with a black background, add noise and change levels for stars, make planets using spherize tools, etc... it's a long process really. And the skull was done by dodge/burn. :P Kinda tough since I was looking at a picture of a skull in a magazine to do it.

Hehehe, and that angel thing is actually a byproduct of horizontally imposing the layer on itself... you get a mirror effect. I should've blurred it, but hey, it adds to the picture I guess. :P

Yeah, I think it does add to it! The two dots above the bright lights look like eyes, and the lines on the planet make wings for it. Neat.

And wow, that's impressive that you even make the stars and planets from scratch... I have a $40 plug-in for that O_o

^^; Originally it was only planets on the right...the ones on the left as a mirror came about from me being bored with the lack of symmetry. But the way that line got there was from a fractal I generated and layered over the planet. My process is complex and long... but it seems to work for atmosphere and lights. XD;

You still blow my mind every time you do these things. How the hell do you do it? XD

Pff...I dunno, I just kinda do it. XD; Having an overactive imagination helps.

MICHAEL! >=O

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I like this. :)

I have an urge to listen to Iron Maiden now