Diane, this turned out fabulous! When you first posted this technique I turned all kinds of images into spheres. It was so much fun to see what they turn into! Beautiful rich shades of pink in this one and good interesting interior lines swirling, stretching and blending.
Despite seeing "sphere" in the title and in Nancy's comment, I didn't see the image as a sphere. Didn't even think of it. The visual clues I see made it look concave. That changed somewhat with the shadow. Now it sort of looks spherical. Maybe it's the skull/lady-in-the-mirror thing again.
Fun idea, Michael! I'll play with it when I get time! Of course, a shadow should soften a little as it is farther from the object... That's easy to do.
OK -- couldn't resist playing. It's quick and dirty but all I have time for. And now that I see the light illuminating the inside of the sphere, it should be on the other side!
OK. (I see a hollowed-out sphere, too.) And I think I should push the end of the shadow back, as the light is coming a little from the front. Easy to do as it's on its own layer and can be distorted however I like. But I'm going to bed now....
Last edited by Diane Miller; 10-26-2014 at 11:54 PM.