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1) Make a 400x400 document. Make sure your background is #CCCCCC.

2) Now select the Elliptical Marque Tool and make a nice selection in the middle of your canvas (hold shift to get a accurate circle):



3) Make a new layer and fill the selection in with #BFBBBB.



Don't remove the selection just yet. Select the marque tool again and right click the selection, go to Transform Selection. Hold shift and make the selection a bit small. Example:



Delete the selection:



4) Make another new layer and fill it in any color you prefer, I filled it in with a bright blue.

Ok, so now you have 3 layers.



5) Select Layer 1 and apply these blending options:



6) Select Layer 2 and apply Filter>Artistic>Plastic Wrap and use these settings:



7) Apply these Hue settings (CNTRL+U):



Duplicate the layer and set the blending option to Hard Light:



There ya go, your xBox inspired orb should look similar to mine below:

xBox Orb Tutorial: Final Result


Author's URL: Ryan Trafford
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