I created this piece to use as the cover to the first single, Day is Done, of my first EP, My Favorite False Memory. It's influenced by Boards of Canada and Bass Communion, so I wanted a surreal and impressive image for its face. Below, you'll find the process I took to create it.

The design started life in Gaea, where a crater was developed and put through a strong flow erosion to create a flow map.

This flow map was then processed to erase the edges. I used it to drive the density of a grass particle distribution in Blender.

To create the impression of a floating mass, this entire section was flipped upside down with an ocean simulation under it. The particles are set to a red emission material, but only render their reflections. Similarly, the central sphere is duplicated; one copy with a diffuse material for the camera, and another with a fresnel emission for the reflections.

Post processing was then done with Affinity Photo, using a gradient to create a deep sky, several layers of curves for color, and a soft light blend style to create the impression the mass is far off.

Day is Done was released on streaming services on April 3.