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101 jinx 101...is just jinx o.k.


Anyway, I can give you pointers reguarding the first one. I won't do a step by step simply because of time, but it seems fairly simple. 1st don't get caught up in looking at it as a 3d image. If you can remember to look at it as a 2 dimensional design it's much esier to recreate.


I would begin by recreating the background by drawing simple polygons of varying values. Then on a seperate layer above that background create a sphere by using the circular marqee and hold shift & option as you drag to create a perfect circle begining from the center.


I would look at Marks tuts on pill/gel button creation for the 3d lighting effects for the sphere.


The amoeba like purple blobs can be drawn using paths (drawing many unique ones instead of copy/paste/scale/rotate will of course give a much more interesting look). Giving them depth can be achieved by playing with layer modes, layer order and possibly even color. You may consider running the spherize filter on these objects, but only as a group based on the implied sphere of the original circle you drew and not seperate spherized blobs.


Finally, shadows can again be drawn and given proper layer order. The better you are at drawing realistic shadows, bending on the suggested wall corners, using two light sources of varying strengths the closer your image will resemble the one you posted. You can use gaussian blur to get rid of harsh edges with your shadow.


Hope that helps. Got to ammitt I started to forget what the image looked exactly like as I was typing (I type slooow), but I think this is a good start to help you in your endevor to recreate these images.


PS- When you draw the purple blobs let them extend beyond the border of the sphere. Then after they are all drawn: command+click the sphere layer to select the shape, inverse your selection (under selection menu), and delete. I would do this after you spherize those objects or they will spread right back over the edge of the sphere. Sorry, if you are not using a mac, my command key references were based on macs, but play around...to me there's hardly a difference where photoshop is concerned, just different names on keys (please no comments from die hard supporters of either platforms...can't we all just get along). Anyway, good luck, have fun! [excited]


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