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Hertzian Dipole

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This is a semi-realistic concept taken from electromagnetism and applied to space art. :woohoo: In this artwork the planet in the center of the nebula supposedly acts as an antenna of electromagnetic radiation. Because of the planet's proximity to the nebula the gas clouds will be shaped by the radiating electric fields, resulting in the idealized ripples shown in this picture. Such dipole antennas are also called "Hertzian Dipoles". You can see in this animation how these electric fields theoretically move over time: www.didaktikonline.physik.uni-…
Note that the physics behind it are questionable as gravity is much stronger than electromagnetism on such scales. It's just for fun!

I spent an awfully long time to create and detail this strangely shaped nebula, so it somewhat felt like a chore to realize this concept. It's definitely much easier to draw a randomly shaped nebula because you can speed it up by copy+pasting already drawn shapes. :XD:
Thanks to Dagohbert for his asteroid resources. I overuse them, but they are just so good. The rest was drawn with some additional textures for details.

This work was originally made for Space-Revived's CHROMATIC contest, however, I decided to use a remixed version of this artwork instead, which I will upload later. Check out the contest here:
Space Art Contest: Chromatic!Space-Revived Presents... THE CHROMATIC CONTEST
At long last, the new Chromatic Contest arrives, open to all members of Space-Revived!
The theme is completely open to your imagination, with a twist: you must use only ONE OR TWO COLOURS in your space artwork. Your space art may represent anything you can imagine, but the most important thing is to champion your choice of colour. 
Image: SalmonickAtelier
Rules:
• You must be a member of Space-Revived to participate. However, everyone is welcome to join!
• Submit your work to our Chromatic folder.
• State in your description that the image was made for the Chromatic contest with a link to this journal.
• Two entries per deviant allowed, but only one can win.
• All entries must be created after October 14


As always, thanks for stopping by!
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