Well, thanks guys. The planet one isn't special, it was the very first thing I'd ever tried in PS a couple of years ago when I started with PS LE. Yep! These are my very first PS images!
The planet doesn't have the texture everyone uses now as at that time I couldn't find it on the site, I was new to computers in all regards so even that was a problem, so I just used one of the standard brushes to make a slight texture instead.
That's how I started, this was the first tute I ever tried, and the truth is everything I've done since then in PS sprang from that one tute of the starfield and planet. The nebula was the SECOND thing I ever created in PS.
So I was pretty enthusiastic with the progress I made in the next go. Since then I haven't done any other tutes, I played a bit with the method Moth used for his gigerish images and did a few of those but that's it, I just haven't gotten around to any others, nor have I spent any time with the PS manual. I just took what I learned from the star tute and went from there with what I wanted to do. The Eye of the Wild image was the next thing after that.........I've since just taught myself by doing.