Click the image to see a bigger version. Then read how I made this in Photoshop. I didn’t know what I was going to do as I worked on it and the result is from following my nose.
It’s pretty typical that I will be thinking of something else or working on something and I need a break. Or something starts as a project and then acts as a kind of relaxation therapy.
First I daubed little rectangles of colour with the Brush tool. I covered a part of the area and then duplicated the coloured area and copied it until the whole frame was covered.
Then I duplicated the image and used the Find Edges tool on the top layer. Then I flattened the image and duplicated it again.
I wanted to use the Distort/Spherize Filter tool, so I copied the top layer to a fresh file and converted it to 8-bit so that I could use it.
Then I copied the spherized layer back onto the file from which I had copied it.
I beefed up the contrast of the top layer and then added a layer mask.
Finally, I cut back around the sphere so that the background around the sphere would be less dominant. Then I blended the two layers to get this result.
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This is very inspiring!
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This is very nice 🙂
I used to make lots of spheres, like this, in my early days of PhotoShop. When there was nothing on TV, I made spheres …
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I would say you’re both very well-rounded 😉
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Did I mention well-rounded and very well developed? 😉
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Fairly bursting with colour 🙂
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Aye, and then some!
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Clever manipulation, mind-bending shades: Looks ‘groovy,’ David – in fact, now I’m thinking of white go-go boots and dizzying psychedelic posters too! Bring it on, eh?? Sweet! 😬
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You read my mind 🙂 – I was thinking of glitter balls casting slivers of coloured light on the disco floor.
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A la ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and the young John Travolta dancing until all hours in his flash white suit I am now thinking because of your reply here, David 😬
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David, this would be totally amazing when viewed underwater.
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