Draw a Random Planet
Generate a random planet with surface features, stars, and maybe a ring. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Draw a Random Planet
- 1. Set the canvas size. Enter Width and Height in pixels for the rendered planet. Larger canvases give craters and cloud bands more room to spread out, smaller ones suit thumbnails and icons.
- 2. Choose how detailed the surface is. Surface features controls how many craters, spots or continents get scattered across the sphere. Push it higher for a busy, textured world, lower for a smooth gas-giant look.
- 3. Generate and review. Click generate to render a new planet with a random palette, surface pattern, starfield background and an occasional ring. Rerun as many times as you like until one looks right.
- 4. Save the image. Download the rendered SVG once you land on a planet you like. Each generation is independent, so keep clicking generate to build a small gallery of alien worlds.
When to use Draw a Random Planet
Draw a Random Planet is for anyone who needs a quick sci-fi visual without opening an illustration program. It renders a stylized sphere with surface texture, a starfield and sometimes a ring, all from a couple of numeric settings.
- Placeholder art for a space game. You are prototyping a solar system screen and need filler planets before the real art lands. Generating a batch at your game's resolution keeps the layout honest while art is still in progress.
- Illustrating a sci-fi blog post. A short story or newsletter about a fictional star system needs a header image that reads as 'alien world' without licensing stock art. A generated planet fills that role in seconds.
- Classroom astronomy handouts. A teacher wants varied, colorful planet icons to label a worksheet about planetary features like craters and rings, without redrawing the same clip art for every slide.
- Discord or forum avatar. Someone wants a small, distinct space-themed profile picture. Generating a few planets at a square size and picking a favorite is faster than searching stock sites.
Examples
A random alien planet
About the Draw a Random Planet tool
Draw a Random Planet runs as plain JavaScript in your browser tab, with no server behind it. Generate a random planet with surface features, stars, and maybe a ring. Whatever you put in stays on your device from start to finish.
The tool is part of EditSafely's Random Tools section, 120 single-purpose utilities built around the same idea: open the page, get the result, keep your data to yourself.
You can shape the output with 3 settings, including Width, Height and Surface features, and the result refreshes the moment you change one. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
That local-first design has practical benefits beyond privacy. The tool keeps working on a flaky connection once the page has loaded, results are instant because nothing round-trips to a server, and it is safe to use with confidential material.
Frequently asked questions
Does Draw a Random Planet cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Does the generator send anything to a server?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
How do I get a different result?
Run the generator again. Each run is computed fresh on your device, and any options you change are applied to the next result immediately.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
Can I save what the tool produces?
Yes. Use the download or copy controls in the output panel to keep the rendered result once it looks the way you want.