Artist Uses Photoshop to Bring Beautiful Shapes out of Celestial Photography

By using Photoshop on photos taken by NASA at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, London-based illustrator Chris Keegan is able to create beautiful images of people and creatures out of deep space nebulae.

The process begins a lot like those summer days as a kid lying in the grass and picking shapes out of the clouds — just replace clouds with celestial imagery. Once Keegan has picked out a shape, he takes the image into Photoshop and strengthens that shape until it will be recognizable to everyone.

Here is a sampling of Keegan’s creations:

To see more of Keegan’s work, click here to head over to his website.

(via Wired)

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Image creditsIllustrations by Chris Keegan and used with permission.