Sphere Projects

Sphere Projects

Shiny Earth Tutorial Link:
http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-shiny-earth-with-photoshop-3d-layers--psd-4838
Glowing Layer Sphere Link:
http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-create-a-colorful-sliced-sphere-to-use-as-a-logo-design--vector-4087

Spheres represent the world, how large it could be and how small at the same time. How it feels both safe and unique. Spheres can also mean the entirety of province or domain of an object, like how AT&T's spherical logo represents their worldwide coverage. I created two different spheres for Illustrator and Photoshop, a glowing sliced sphere from Illustrator and a 3-D Earth reflection from Photoshop.
The work for both Illustrator and Photoshop was relatively smooth, little to no problems from the exception in Photoshop to try and get a cloud layer to connect with the 3-D earth. But in Photoshop, it was easier to create a 3-D look, accomplished by wrapping a photo around a sphere, to apply the shadows and drop shadows to each layer, and to change and redo the aspects of each sphere.
In Illustrator, the effects was much more detailed, the glowing effects looked more natural and beautiful, and the sphere looks vivid and lively compared to Photoshop's.
I learned something different for each tutorial, to create a light, glowing feel to objects in Illustrator, and how to create cool 3-D images in Photoshop by making a picture wrap around a 3-D figure to create a cool effect.
But I do want to learn about how to create other 3-D objects in Photoshop, instead of just spheres. Like how to create characters that look and feel realistic. In Illustrator, I hope to learn how to create glowing effects to other objects, like creating a neon text font.