Creating a Planet

REFLECTION

The main problem I encountered whilst I was making this planet was to adding the black shadow to the planet. This became difficult because as well as making sure it looked realistic aesthetically, also I found it difficult to position it correctly on the planet. The shape of the shadow was free-formed and I had to figure out the shortcut-key to form a regular shape and position it correctly above the planet. Realistically, we'd expect a shadow to not be too dark and to reflect the time of day in that country/region. To solve this problem, I simply deceased the opacity of the shape.