This is hard to categorize

[Amber]

Because there are both Spore creations and graphic art.

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It's a spoof of this album art that I made using Spore and GIMP. Klayton, Scardonia, and the Blackstars are a creature, GA planet template, and spaceships, respectively.

It is not supposed to be a carbon copy ripoff. It's just a parody/tribute. I am not a professional graphic designer with access to the same brushes.

I got the brushes I used from these sites:
http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/1000-free-high-resolution-gimp-brushes.html
http://www.kumailht.com/blog/design/35-awesome-gimp-brushes/

Here's the creations without all the snazzy effects:

[Rikusaiaks]

Looks cool, Celty

[Kaos]

Can we categorize it as "awesome"?

[vexx32]

Nice...

I like that ship. Reminds me of Shrouders...

[CamBen]

To be honest, i didn't know that was a spore planet at first, or a spore tree, or a spore spaceship.

[Amber]

The tree and silhouetted ground were drawn in GIMP. They aren't Spore creations.

The planet is actually a GA template planet. The little spiky black stars flying away from it are the spaceships.

[Kaos]

I showed it to some of my friends and they were impressed with your recreation, just thought I'd let you know.
As I said before, some excellent work!