Name That Planet!

[kerravonsen]

Hello all you imaginative people! I have decided on the names for all the pictures in the previous round of Name That Painting, if you want to go look. Could you be so kind as to help me again? This time I've gone a bit mad on doing planetscapes (because I couldn't just stop at Monda Mondo). These are all acrylic pour paintings which have been digitally manipulated to turn them into planets. I could just name them "Planet 1, Planet 2" and so on, but it would be nicer if they could be called something more interesting. All suggestions welcome, because even if you think it is lame, it could still jog my mind in new directions towards a good name.

I will, as ever, update this post with final painting names when I've decided. 8-)


Planet #1 "Axial Tilt"


Planet #2 "Twin Planets"


Planet #3 "Terra Nova" (thanks to jaxomsride)


Planet #4 "Arrakis" (thanks to dawnmist)


Planet #5 "Tourmaline" (thanks to ysabetwordsmith)


Planet #6 "Werel in Summer" (from Ursula Le Guin's "Planet of Exile")

Comments

Okay ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Planet 1 -- Mango Tango

Planet 2 -- The Dragon and the Princess. Look closely: The Dragon is in the lower left corner, head pointed down, wings up. The Princess has red hair, her arms reaching up, and a flowing white dress.

Planet 3 -- Azuregreen

Planet 4 -- Plumrise

Planet 5 -- Tourmalinia

Planet 6 -- Mantis. Look at the very bottom, the mantis head is facing forward.

Re: Okay ...

[kerravonsen]

Planet 1 -- Mango Tango
(laughs) No, I don't think so.

Planet 2 -- The Dragon and the Princess. Look closely: The Dragon is in the lower left corner, head pointed down, wings up. The Princess has red hair, her arms reaching up, and a flowing white dress.
I'm afraid I can't see either one.

Planet 4 -- Plumrise
Hmmmm, I rather like that.

Planet 5 -- Tourmalinia
Is Tourmaline that colour?

Planet 6 -- Mantis. Look at the very bottom, the mantis head is facing forward.
I can't see that one either.

Re: Okay ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Tourmaline is those colors among others. It's famous for having rich, blended colors often with two or three in the same stone.

http://www.geologyin.com/2018/04/tourmaline-species-and-color-varieties.html

Re: Okay ...

[kerravonsen]

Mmmm, pretty.

[jhall1]

How about naming them after famous SF artists? That would seem appropriate. So possibilities would be "Paul" after Frank R. Paul and "Freas" after Frank Kelly Freas. (I don't think there's any law saying that SF artists have to have the first name "Frank", even though the two who are perhaps most famous do.) I suppose the big drawback is that the reason for the names would be lost on most people unless it was explained.

[kerravonsen]

I think you're right -- probably too obscure.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

1 ?
2 As there appears to be two : Mother and daughter - in whatever language you prefer.
3 Nova Terra
4 Simoom
5 Gryphons World
6 Mekon

[kerravonsen]

2 As there appears to be two : Mother and daughter - in whatever language you prefer.
Good point.

3 Nova Terra
Yes, one of them would have to be, wouldn't they?

4 Simoom
Is that a reference to something?

5 Gryphons World
I'm suddenly thinking of Andre Norton.

6 Mekon
Another reference I don't know?

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

4 Simoom as the lower half of the planet seems to be have a large yellow and red cloud mass that is like the mother and father of all dust storms.

6 Mekon - Dan Dare's adversary came from a very green planet (Venus)

[kerravonsen]

Ah.