3D Globs

Make those big trendy 3D globs using nothing but Photoshop.

Have you ever wanted to make those big 3D shapes you see all over the place. If you aren't too skilled in or don't have 3D Studio Max, you can use Photoshop to get decent results. Start off making a new image, width: 400 height: 317. Open up Filter>Render>3D Transform.

Click the Cube Tool on the left and drag to draw a square in the large, white space as seen similar to what we have on the left. It can be any size, up to you, though the size we used is probably the best.

Once you get that, just go crazy and make hundreds of small squares everywhere on the image. Once you're done, it should look something like the image on the left.

Now, click the Rotate Tool which is the second to last one on the right, and start to drag the 3D glob you made over to its backside. It might seem to get really bright on one side and dark on the other, but keep rotating until it looks spoontacular.

Click OK when you are done and the 3D Glob looks wicked. There you have your simple 3D glob, go around, tell your friends you know how to make 3D effects =p.

As an optional step, you can go to Image>Adjust>Hue and Saturation and play around with the settings to colorize that bad boy. It may turn out to look like the killer image we have here.

Tutorial provided by: Spoono.com

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