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jade161588 — TUTORIAL: Iridescent Orb
Published: 2007-10-22 23:42:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 8665; Favourites: 117; Downloads: 168
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FULL VIEW IS LARGE! VIEW AT DISCRETION!12 Steps to making an Iridescent Orb. Credits given to *Senaru for giving me the idea to make one. This however, is in no way a rip of her tutorial.
*Senaru's Iridescent Tutorial
This is my first tutorial and I still have the PSD file saved. If anyone finds any grammatical errors or spelling errors... please inform me so I may fix it.
Comments are well appreciated.
I used this orb in Book Of Iridescence which is for anyone's use under agreement written there.
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Comments: 32
Oh, this looks awesome. I never thought about using that light effect on iridescence, I'm looking forward to trying it. :}
Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial with the world!
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It's extremely difficult to replicate real life iridescence but I felt this came close for a replicated effect mainly because of the lighting. If you happen to create something with it, please show me, I'd love to see it
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I will be happy to show you when I use this~ ^^
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very helpful. i think it'll be really cool to try in different shapes, like scales or something.
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If you are able to do that, I think I'd very much like to see your creation
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I LOVE YOU!! IT'S PERFECT! It is what I was looking for weeks! Thank yooooou!!!
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Aww thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am glad I was able to help.
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You are welcome! Have you made other tutorials?
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No, not yet, but I am willing to take suggestions. :3
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Well... You could make a tutorial about another orb... You could even make orb tutoriais so people would look for you for these... lol
Well... My suggestion is Orb tutos. That's it!!
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okay, quick ? my ps won't let me select the gradient tool when i am on the shape. I've tried new layer or the old layer but none of them work. Help!
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I can surely help you. Can I ask which step you are on?
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sadly i'm only on step one. The gradient tool refuses to work.
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We must verify that your layer is not locked. First thing is that. Please check your layer. Does it have a little lock icon? If so, look on the layer window for a matching lock button and click it so that the icon disappears. If this does not solve your problem...
We must also check if the elliptical selection tool is indeed the elliptical selection tool. All the selection tools are on the top of the tools tray. If this does not solve your problem...
Make sure your layer is selected. No invisibility and whatnot. If this does not solve your problem...
Please send me a screenshot of you attempting to make this orb. I will consider all option you have on and I will surely be able to help you.
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No problem. Any other Photoshop troubles ail you, I'm always around.
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Thank you so much for informing me. I feel very honored and privileged that you considered this tutorial worthy. Thank you again.
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No problem.
And if you know of any other good tutorials worthy to be added to the side, please don't hesitate to enter them into the wiki - that's the whole point of a wiki, after all...
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Wow... awesome and so easy to do! looks fantastic that orb!
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Wow, cool, I always liked reading well-explained tuts
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Great tutorial...i new how to make a plain auld orb. but colouring it they way you did is a great idea
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Thanks for the credit there too, I appreciate it and I am honored to have inspired you
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^_^ Thanks so much! Your comment was greatly appreciated! (Especially since you inspired this one).
x.x You wouldn't believe how much research had to go into this one. (Mainly learning what iridescence was). Explaining why polar coordinates work also took a long search through my trig book. Oh, the horror.
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oh indeed. a GOOD ref for Ira' are black-feathered birds and humingbirds. peacocks too :3
Magpies = PERFECT ira' color. I have feathers here to look at for refs on how light works and such. parrot feathers too, if you can get a hold of them. theres so many things people overlook when applying iradescents. x3~
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xD I also have an iridescent marble on my desk at home and your orb looks really close to it XD
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XD I want a contact juggle sphere that looks like that. It'd probably be an acryllic.
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