Time for help & Advice

[Neder/Brit]

Well you luvly bunch it is that time. I have been busy trying to get a bit of planet work going and I would like to know about star bursts and any other advice concernig this pice. In replying could you please use the (KISS) method. for those of you that do not know what this method is.
KEEP IT SIMPLE & STUPID

[Airbrush Dreams]

The way we did quick star bursts when I was in Fl. was to do a Central dot and then 4 long dagger strokes 1 up 1 down and 1 to each side then we would do shorter diagonal daggers at an angle in between each long stroke. After all that go back to your central dot start the dot again , but this time Begin to move your airbrush back from your canvas and at the same time increase your paint flow by pulling your trigger back giving you a nice smooth flaired affect in the middle of the dagger strokes.

[Kaiilla]

First thing that "caught" my eye was that I couldn't tell what I was looking at, other than the planets. I would sugggest a different color for the mountains to distinguish them from the background grey.

[Foggy]

Airbrush dreams is right on the money with that one. Another foolproof method if your working on a harder surface like card, illustration board or wood is to lay a piece of masking film (something like a frisk masking film) where you want your starburst to be, then with a scalpel cut your star shape out of the masking film, in much the same shape/design as airbrush dreams was describing. The beauty of this is that you can cut a really clearly defined and sharp edged/pointed basic star shape out with the scalpel, then simply airbrush your white or silver star in, remove the masking film, then to finish it off, lightly airbrush in a soft centre to your star to soften it and give it some body. If you want to really make it look ooober cool....you can airbrush a slight halo around it afterwards, but you'll need to be quite confident of your control over your airbrush and paints to get it right...................talking from experience here - as I've made a mess of more than I've gotten right! But they do look cool if you do get 'em just right.