Exodus

Title:
Well, I don't think title should be a real mystery here. All of you can see the ship, which is currently escaping the mother planet. And the cause is the giant red star out there which is coming to an end of it's life.

Story:
As you can see, there's a ship. Real, painted, done by me. It's my first serious attempt and I really like outcome, so I have high morale. Expect more. Also, please, be gently. I wanted this work to be breakthrough, to be real special thing and I put a lot of effort into that piece so, I hope you'll enjoy, and I hope you'll like it because you want to, not because I ask you to.
I used a lot of new techniques here, for planets, for nebulas, for lights and colours. So feel free to give me advices.
Thanks for reading

Details:
Time ~couple of days
Layers 192
PSD Weight 560 MB
Original Resolution 2400x850 px

Edit:
Putting it as an contest entry was a quick decision, so it wasn't done precisely to match the title, but I think I should enter that contest so here it is.