Wanting to edit some edits now hey, Decroded?
Gas giant variant!
Mix of realism and stylisation. Colour count could easily be lowered. I've used saturated colours for that cartoony feel (could have just as easily used desaturated colours for extra realism). Could have done more with the texture.
Started this one the same way as my realistic approach, but with fewer colours.
Shifted my hue a little towards yellow and then red to get some variation to my cloud.
Layered the clouds equally and in order. Then added some thin lines of cloud.
Added a tiny amount of texture to the clouds. Could have done a lot more and we have all these colours to use.
Then I just brushed the rim with lighter colours to give that atmospheric refraction feeling.
Also added a brighter specular. [Edit: Removed by suggestion of Wzl. Left original in spoiler tags for comparison.]
I think this planet is the correct balance of real and symbolism for what you're going for, Seiseki?
If I do make another edit I'll be partial cloud cover on a rocky planet I think (with some liquid maybe).
