BMA 142, 26 February, Ball Work

 Day 2: Balls, balls.  I should probably not call them balls, I should call them spheres so I don't make inappropriate remarks.  I've been handling spheres this morning and it's harder than it looks.  (No, still sounds nasty...)
Using the elliptical tool, I was able to give the sphere a cleaner edge than yesterday.  Both inner and outer shadows are crisper and the colour is more dynamic.  It's not a smooth colour change, which can be achieved by using the gradient tool.  The gradient tool, however, lacks character, so I'm going to stick with a sphere that is starting to look like Jupiter the more I play with it.  The class had a chance to walk around and look at everybody's work.  I particularly liked the work of the classmate who had a giant with visible guts holding a glowing sphere.  Very cool.

For the last ten minutes, a very quick and dirty mirror sphere.  After quickly picking colours and painting with a rough brush, the dodge and burn tools were used to darken and lighten areas to create the illusion of roundness.  Too much burn to make the colours darker, but the right amount of dodge to make the highlight at the top lighter.