Done for our painting class's final assignment... Well not really because the assignment was supposed to have us paint a cartoon anthropomorphic character in a cartoon styled background.... but whatever...
Anywho, I just wanted to use the new brushes I've recently got and do something for fun, started as a random doodle in class, and I just went on to refine it from there. Originally the characters were gonna jump from 10 feet above the ground... but why jump anywhere when you can jump... FROM SPACE?!??? I want to see the Virgin company make this a luxury sport one day....
Done in Photoshop CS, reference used ONLY for the planet (cuz I still don't really know how to paint space environments properly)
Alrighty then. I would imagine they also have eye guards to protect their eyes so they aren't blinded by the light from the burning plasma during reentry.
While the whole piece is awesome, what I really love most about this is the exquisite background and the perspective. Had to zoom in and just stare for a while.