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Velvet--Glove — Ultra Fractal Marble Tutorial
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Published: 2007-10-31 14:10:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 29397; Favourites: 331; Downloads: 4697
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UPDATED FILE: Version 1.1 ~ October 7th 2014This tutorial shows you how to make great 3D style marbles like the one above using Ultra Fractal . Topics covered include the basics of 3D Mapping, adding a Glass Hemisphere and how to use further layers and masks to add various highlights and shadows to a sphere.
This tutorial is not recommended for complete beginners (e.g. those who have just downloaded UF and looking for their first tutorial) but if you have at least a little experience and familiarity with the program interface then you should find it quite accessible.
TROUBLE WITH THE PARAMETERS?
- Some users have reported being unable to copy/paste the parameters when reading the tutorial in a web browser.
- This is not a fault in the file.
- Best solution is to download a physical copy of the PDF and open it from your hard drive.
- Adobe Digital Editions has been reported as a good app to use for this. Good old Adobe Reader should work too.
If you find this tutorial useful please come back and vote for it by adding this to your Favourites! I'm sure others would love to see any marbles made using these techniques as much as me so please do leave a comment below with a link to your creations! 
My thanks go to the following Deviants for offering their services as beta testers and helping to iron out a few little problems before public release: Baz135 , CVaznis , Fraxa , one-tough-one , z00reka .Revision History
- October 31st 2007. Original v1.0 uploaded.
- October 7th 2014. v.1.1: broken links to tutorials on other websites removed, typo corrected.
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Comments: 179
Oh thank you 
in the middle of the page ..hmm
I'm so glad you like my efforts here is another one and this one I did
'by heart' (the tuto was open but I manged not to have a peek)
This one is my fave for now 
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Cool! Obviously you have got the hang of it now, you're a fast learner! 
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hehee..Im glad you like it again, yup it makes sense, you just gotta learn the steps
Rest is a good pattern on marble and creating some surroundings
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I have downloaded and gone through your tutorial and then made some changes and added a background and as soon as I can pay for the license I will upload it and show you. Your tutorial was VERY helpful and clear to understand. Thank you for putting it together.
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Glad you found it so helpful! By all means... please post a link to your creation here when you have uploaded it, I like seeing what people have made.
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I'm having trouble with the PDF. I keep getting errors, even after I saved it to my computer instead of viewing it in the browser. Parts of the text/images don't show. I'd really like to finish my marble but as of right now, I can't.
Is there some way you can send me just the text, possibly?
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It sounds as though your download is corrupt/incomplete, the DA servers can be a bit iffy at times. Perhaps if you try again later you will have better luck - make sure you save directly from the file link before opening. If all else fails then note me with your email and I will send you a copy of the .pdf privately, I'm afraid I don't have the material in any other form.
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I've just given this a go - here's the result [link]
I got a bit lost at the 'adding the glass hemisphere' bit, probably because I'm still a beginner!
Great tutorial - thanks!
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Thanks for the link, I left a comment on there for you.
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Please do!
Good luck.
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This tutorial is great Chris!
I finally got around to work with it, and I loved it!
It's very complete, and gives lots of options and ideas
And I'm proud to write I used it in this deviation [link]
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I'm so pleased you found it useful, Dan, and thanks for the link... it's always great to see what my "students" are getting up to with their marbles, hehe.
That a nice, fresh looking marble you've made there, I'm sure your friend will be delighted with it.
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Lol, I tried xD It's nothing special, but I thought maybe you'd like to know
[link]
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Thanks for the link!
Nice work... I've left a comment on it for you.
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Thanks again for another great tutorial
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You're welcome, I hope you find it useful.
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I worked on it for an hour or so, and I almost finished. 
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I've only made 3 or 4 things with UF, but this tutorial was so user friendly that even I could do it. [link]
Thanks for this
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Geesh you completely changed the landscape with this tutorial. Everybody is making Velvet Glove marbles now. I cant wait to get home and try it out!
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You're welcome, Dan. I hope you find the tutorial interesting and useful.
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You're welcome, I hope it proves useful to you.
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Many thx for this great tutorial 
My second try after the tutorial [link]
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Thanks for the link!
I've left a comment on it for you.
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Thanks a lot for this excellent tutorial
My first try with this [link]
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A very good result for a first attempt, you seem to have picked up the basics very quickly and avoided some common mistakes, good job!
Thanks for sharing your triumph!
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Looks cool!! I like to give it a shot. =0)
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Be my guest!
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Hi again, I used your tutorial to make yet another marble: Illusion II thanks!
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Hello!
This piece has been featured in my news article [link]
I hope you'll have a great day
Take care,
Hanne
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Thanks very much for the news feature, Hanne! 
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Great job...but I seem to be missing the example on page 11? It comes up as a drawing error when it's downloaded.
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No-one else has mentioned this so I'm presuming your download got corrupted somehow? I would suggest you save the file to your computer and open it from there rather than downloading it directly in your web browser - I've found that the browser method sometimes gives the problem you describe, especially with larger .pdf files. If you have already downloaded/saved the file to your computer then perhaps you should try again for a perfect copy?
I hope this helps. If you don't have any luck in the next day or two then note me with an email address and I'll mail it to you.
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You're welcome! I hope you find it useful.
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Hello! I finally made an attempt at the marbles and this is my first result: Illusion I hope you find it interesting. Thanks for the great tutorial!
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A very beautiful marble, Ersi! The colouring and finish reminds me a little of Mother-of-Pearl.
When I get a few moments later I will update my journal with a picture of this one.
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Well, when I click on the link above dA says the file cannot be found! There it goes again: [link]
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Hmmmm, thinking there are some Space images in my future using this tutorial. Thanks sooo much for taking the time write this tutorial.
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You're welcome! I look forward to seeing some planets and things from you in future, then.
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Excellent. Thank you so very much for taking the time to do this. I'm trying to get a bit more caught up on my devwatch but this is next in my to-do list.
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You're welcome! I hope you will be able to find some time for yourself to play with making some marbles.
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Coulda used this ages ago, I had to teach myself. Oh well.
I do have a question though....How do you get the framing on your marbles? I have an idea of how to do it in my mind but I was wondering if there was a simpler technique. Maybe you could do a tutorial on that....
Very nice work...
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Sorry this is a bit late for you, I had to teach myself too.
The framing is not particularly simple, but then few of my fractals are. The box and frame alone, on a typical gift box marble, uses at least 19 layers and masks, sometimes more. The shapes are basically derived from juxtaposing two clipping shapes, if that's what you're thinking of.
I doubt I will be doing a tutorial on this, sorry, it would be far too long!
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Well I'll have to play around with it and see what I can do and better yet if I have the patience...
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Congratulations!
Your piece has been featured in Fractalicious Issue #6 !
Click on the link to see all of this week's fantastic featured fractals!
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