This is a combination of two wallpapers for the game....I didn't have the time to do the smaller version of Ratchet standing on the rock with Clank, so I did this much larger version of him in full Liberator Armor.
Ratchet and Clank are my standard grey templates, with lots of dodging, burning, and smudging. It really felt like I was painting on this one, the way I had to constantly smudge the contrasts to keep the metallic look...man it was lots of fun to do, and it was a great learning experience. After I was done with the templates, just some color balance and mild coloring. The glass elements on Ratchet's suit is from a glass button layer style in Photoshop.
The planets are scratch, using my favorite planet tutorial from Greg Martin (
http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tutorials.html). The stars, well I kinda ran low on time, so I emulated the artwork in the game, which is space clouds and a minimal amount of stars. I was planning on a well lit starfield, similar to my Green Lantern pic, but this was easier and more like the visual style in the game.
dan