A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying.
~NASA (National Air and Space Administration)
Okay, it's more of a blue hole... who cares, I had fun making this XD I used the same exact method that I use to make planetary rings on my piece Orbis ([link]) to make the black hole... it was very difficult seeing as I can't find any tutorials on black holes ANYWHERE. See description of Event Horizon ([link]) for what I DID find upon searching "black hole tutorial," if you're really that curious.
Do not steal, rip, or remove watermark. I spent hours on this, so do not make my effort go to waste. You can use publically only if I give permission. Art (c) Madison Tibbett, 2012. Made in Photoshop Elements 8.0
I guess there aren't any kind of tutorials, because no one really knows what they look like. Black holes, gravity wells, quantum singularities (whatever you want to call them), are merely a theory in quantum physics. It is very likely they exist, it is assumed that in the center of each galaxy is a black hole (or supermassive black hole), but since you can't see them (only the event horizon), it's difficult to say for sure. Plus, if you could observe one, you couldn't get too close due to the extreme gravity and time dilation caused. If you'd get a probe close, no signal would escape or it would take forever to get back to ground control.
Generally your way of showing it is very likely since it would most likely rotate similar to the star that it was and pretty much suck matter into it from either side (and expel (gamma) radiation in the process). I guess one just has to let fantasy do the trick here.
Yeah, there aren't any specific ones XD I did realize that I'd put the wrong link in the description (leading to Orbis, not Event Horizon, which is why I looked up black holes in the first place, lol) and I did actually find one-- but it was in Spanish, which I can't read XD. I found a few other ones, like "How to Make Timcampy for under $5.00" and "How to Make Icelandic Rolled Sausage," which I think I'll try, because it looked pretty damn good.
Black holes... they're a source of extreme fascination to me. I love space, and in fact, I want to go to college to major in astrophysics. I guess they're kinda easy to paint if you have a basic understanding of them, but as you said, it's uncertain if they exist (but certainly not unlikely). Everyone has different ideas; I've always seen them more as a disc-like structure as opposed to clouds of dust. I was sorta inspired by pulsars here as well, with the dual beams of light. Thanks for the comment, as well. It's appreciated!
Yeah, the joys of search engines. It's all in the keywords. If you have a website about cars and put a lot terms relating to guns in the meta data's keywords then search spiders will eventually show you guns when you search for cars; one reason why everything you search for turns up some kind of triple-X content as well.
As for black holes; I always try and look close by. There is nothing in nature, or outter space, that you couldn't find in some smaller way locally, too. If you think black hole, just look at the drain in your bathtub or something when the water drains out of it. You get a funnel that sucks everything downward through gravity. A black hole is most likely not much different in the basic working.
I always think of it as some kind of funnel. Just much more powerful and working from all angles. The disc like structure therefore makes sense, because matter would begin orbitting the event horizon at high speed before falling into the black hole. I've always envisioned them like that, too. And the beams of light are just a visual represensation of radiation for the most part, but yes... plus, after all, there is such a thing as artistic freedom.
Lol, yeah. Search engines are silly like that. That does sound like a good way to put things o.O Even if you can't see it, look for something that's similar to what you think it is XD indeed, the disc always seems to have made sense to me, since I've always been told that black holes aren't really 'holes,' but rather like brick walls (? XD), so I always envision black holes as being more flat. Also, since they're moving stuff at relatively high speed, it seems more... eh, as you said artistic freedom XD
Generally your way of showing it is very likely since it would most likely rotate similar to the star that it was and pretty much suck matter into it from either side (and expel (gamma) radiation in the process). I guess one just has to let fantasy do the trick here.
Nice work.
Black holes... they're a source of extreme fascination to me. I love space, and in fact, I want to go to college to major in astrophysics. I guess they're kinda easy to paint if you have a basic understanding of them, but as you said, it's uncertain if they exist (but certainly not unlikely). Everyone has different ideas; I've always seen them more as a disc-like structure as opposed to clouds of dust. I was sorta inspired by pulsars here as well, with the dual beams of light. Thanks for the comment, as well. It's appreciated!
As for black holes; I always try and look close by. There is nothing in nature, or outter space, that you couldn't find in some smaller way locally, too. If you think black hole, just look at the drain in your bathtub or something when the water drains out of it. You get a funnel that sucks everything downward through gravity. A black hole is most likely not much different in the basic working.
I always think of it as some kind of funnel. Just much more powerful and working from all angles. The disc like structure therefore makes sense, because matter would begin orbitting the event horizon at high speed before falling into the black hole. I've always envisioned them like that, too. And the beams of light are just a visual represensation of radiation for the most part, but yes... plus, after all, there is such a thing as artistic freedom.
That does sound like a good way to put things o.O Even if you can't see it, look for something that's similar to what you think it is XD indeed, the disc always seems to have made sense to me, since I've always been told that black holes aren't really 'holes,' but rather like brick walls (? XD), so I always envision black holes as being more flat. Also, since they're moving stuff at relatively high speed, it seems more... eh, as you said artistic freedom XD