The Regreening

This is my entry for the Modernity and Nature Contest: [link]

My personal view is that humans can't co-exist with nature. In the end, we're gonna seriously fuck up the world one way or another, be it global warming or a nuclear war. Hence why most of the world look post-apocalyptic.

However, I do believe, that once we're gone, the earth will recover. Life can't be killed that easily. This is the Regreening, healing the world once we're gone. Concept slightly stolen from Remnants by K.A. Applegate.

Critique: If anyone could give me tips on how to improve this that would be great. How does the background look? Too empty for space or not wide enough? I could really use some tips on how to make the "greening" part more obvious? Is the hell aspect obvious enough?

Stock used:

Fire:
[link] by aka

Cracks:
[link] by

Embers:
[link] by

Moss:
[link] by

Planet tutorial:
[link]
Moon tutorial: by

Space background tutorial:
[link] by

Moon tutorial:
[link] by

Star brushes:
[link]

Special thanks to for the constructive criticism! Wish me luck!