Crystal Ball - created by chaplain

Votes: 256

Rank: 6/19

Score: 55.9%

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I once saw a flawless crystal ball at a museum and it played tricks on my eyes because I could see the distored things behind it but I couldn't actually see the glass itself. The attempt here was to recreate that. (2 years and 325 days ago)

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11 Comments

Crystal, Ball

GolemAura says:

The sphere needs to be round for a true effect.. (I've sold tons of those things out of my old gallery) Roundness will give it more realism (glass blowers seldom if ever make an ovoid crystal ball) but if you want to keep it ovoid I have no problem with that either.. I'm just thinking of keeping it real.. good luck author.. FUN PIECE

EDIT: Much better author.. really looks better.. I know it's tricky.. especially working with sphere.. if I could.. I'd put a sphere in every piece I entered Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

author says:

I thought it was a circle! I'll see if I can round it up a bit.

Edit: Round enough for ya? Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

It's floating above the hand... Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

author says:

CMYK, that was kind of on purpose. I'd love to say, to give it that Mystical Magical feel, but really I couldn't get it to look right sitting in the hand. Besides, it give it that Mystical Magical feel, don't you think?

Edit: one last attempt and I think I got it in the hand. I think I'm gonna stop there. Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

loopyluv says:

Nice Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

elficho says:

hmm.. something doesn't look right.. ok. the thing is that it looks like it's in front of the hand, not in or above it. if you still have the fingers on a seperate layer, put them behind the ball layer and play a little bit with the colors and blur maybe. just so it'll appear that the ball is somewhere in the hand area Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

gopankarichal says:

good job Reply »

(2 years and 325 days ago)

wazowski says:

Nice, but I think you have to play way more with light and shades. Especially around the hand, I'd expect more shading there. Check this tutorial otherwise http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut009.htm. Good luck! Reply »

(2 years and 324 days ago)

Ory says:

Very nice, good work Reply »

(2 years and 322 days ago)

Tuckinator says:

maybe make the edge of the crystal ball more defined Reply »

(2 years and 322 days ago)

loopyluv says:

Congraaaats ... Nicely done! Reply »

(2 years and 319 days ago)

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