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candron candron
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st1n3r st1n3r
cool
abraham abraham
very nice
Tawiskaro Tawiskaro
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annajon annajon
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UntExp UntExp
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Martrex Martrex
Nicely done. Maybe a slight shadow under the ball where it meets the surface?
matO matO
saaaaaahweet!
anabe anabe
beautiful idea, great execution!
CarlC CarlC
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Eve Eve
Cool! smart objects?
YerPalAl YerPalAl
That's really nicely done, Tom.
Mir Mir
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jmf1066 jmf1066
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Salvezza Salvezza
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JORDAN792 JORDAN792
wow I need to learn how to use that fancy stuff your talkin about
JW JW
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rose-wood71 rose-wood71
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Serps Serps
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kinetic_be kinetic_be
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pollyO pollyO
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jazgraphic jazgraphic
Very Cool chop!
nat_g31 nat_g31
good work tom, use whatever the hell program you want, this looks great!
razerk22 razerk22
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PotHed PotHed
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supak0ma supak0ma
and i was dumb enough to spend 4 hrs on mine lol, good job
dragoche dragoche
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Napalm32 Napalm32
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Designed2522 Designed2522
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kiikerce kiikerce
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L@rue L@rue
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bneises bneises
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AustrianBB2 AustrianBB2
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solaris80 solaris80
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anfa anfa
Cool! :)
bigbuck bigbuck
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anka anka
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Tesore Tesore
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digitalpharaoh digitalpharaoh
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dumbat dumbat
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LeviRein LeviRein
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FinnishFlash FinnishFlash
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TheBebopKid TheBebopKid
Wonderful!
tomcol6 tomcol6
Martrex, thanks for the tip. I agree; I've just tried adding a shadow, but I can't make it look authentic for some reason, so I've not updated it. I struggle to combine shadows with reflections :( Any advice gratefully received!
tomcol6 tomcol6
Hi Eve, I made a flat pattern from one of the scales in PS. Then opened the pattern in Illustrator, used the 3D tool to wrap it around a sphere. Then added smoke and lighting in PS. Are we allowed to use Illustrator? Apologies if not!
bigbuck bigbuck
Maybe overlay a little black on the bottom of the ball and reflection? [img] i20.photobucket.com...
tomcol6 tomcol6
Wow, thanks for all the votes and nice comments everyone. Bigbuck; cheers for the tip, I'll update it later.
glennhanna glennhanna
I shunned this at first. I didn't realize Illustrator can do this. It seemed like cheating somehow. But, if it's in Illustrator, then it will probably become a feature in Photoshop in the near future.
tomcol6 tomcol6
hi gh, I thought that using Illustrator may put some people off; and that's fair enough. But I've seen other software used in other comps, so I thought I'd just go for it. By the way, CS4 Photoshop does handle 3D objects now. I'm using CS3 still thoug



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 Smokin' Ball
by tomcol6
tomcol6
Created February 04, 2009
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