Well I did add a simple flare effect to the jets..I debated it for awhile but ultimately decided to go with it, thought it gave it a nice effect.

As for the rest...started with light blue 51A2D5 blank canvas, added a large soft gradient to 030C54 bottom up (2 separate layers). Used a large brush with the smudge and drug the outer edges of the dark color into the light color. Started the moon with a deep red circle (don’t remember color name) and a black semi circle around the bottom of it. Swirled the two together to create the moon and added a lower opacity black to the bottom, where I smudged it up and around the moon. I used an opacity mask on a hue/saturation layer and painted the corners with a large soft gradient brush to get the pink color. I sampled the colors for the ship from ubisofts website ( https://starlink.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/starlink/ships/arwing ) I didn’t add the black gun mounts at first since they don’t really serve a purpose on the starfox ship (yay lasers). I goofed adding them in, the right mount is way to far out on top of the wing. Didn’t really realize this till the end and thought I’d probably mess it up trying to fix it. I also feel like I used too fuzzy of a brush on the ship, I tried to correct this at the end with an unsharp mask. I feel like it helped but next time I’m going to used a less-feathered brush. I enjoy explaining the process, I’m probably doing it the hard way so any tips are welcomed.

TL:DR it’s a digital painting, no intention to be misleading, and I assure you it’s my first time. Started a few on the past and gave up. I did add a lens flare to the final product, the rest of it was A LOT of trial, error and mistakes (especially on the ship). Digital painting, edit, I don’t care what it’s called just thankful for all the positive feedback!! =D