Creative Tutorials

Sphere Symbolism:

A sphere symbolizes represents totality in time or space and follows the sense that you leave, go somewhere and always come back, the never ending circle of life.

Illustrator:

Color Sliced Sphere

Illustrator is a Vector based program and it is the one I started making spheres on. I found a tutorial that created an abstract sphere. It has a sphere split up into 8 parts. I learned how to select parts of objects and how to edit only certain parts. By adjusting the opacity and blend mode, I got it to look neon and transparent. I would like to learn more about selective coloring and how to make the objects seem more of a glowing neon.




The link is below if you would like to do this tutorial:
http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-create-a-colorful-sliced-sphere-to-use-as-a-logo-design--vector-4087

Photoshop:
Fire Ball

Photoshop is a Bit-Map program that uses pixels and allows you to keep your layers separate and edit them differently. I started by drawing a red circle. Then I applied gradients, clouds and blurs to create the one to right. Looking back at it, I didn't like how hard you could see the edges of the inner and outer circle, so I adjusted some more settings and created the one below (on the left). I really enjoyed adding/altering the clouds and blurs. Next I hope to learn how to make an ice sphere or maybe a glass one.



























The link for the tutorial is below:
 http://www.photoshopdaily.co.uk/news/how-to-make-a-fireball-effect-in-photoshop/