Here’s a short image sequence I made for Kerbal Space Program’s Valentina’s Day contest. It got featured on KSP’s facebook page, which was fun!

Even though you can’t see the details, I made the planet using only procedural maps. This allowed me to make quick changes to the landscape by simply changing the seed. This was the second time I used Corona Renderer. It produced quite a bit more noise than I was expecting, but I managed to denoise it in post instead.

Sunshine reflecting off the water on the planet
Shows the entire planet
Closeup of Valentina