Create a new Document 600 x600 -rgb, transparent bg
Make a circle with the marquee tool
Fill with a grid pattern. How to make Grids
We want to make our grid nice and spherical
Filter>Distort>spherize
Use 100% and run the filter 2X
Don't deselect
Create a new layer and move it beneath the mesh layer and name it "head"
Create a light to dark gray gradient
Use the circular settings and fill the sphere so it looks like the image on the left
Deselect
Choose the Mesh Layer again
Add a bevel and emboss layer style as shown here
Set the gloss contour for double ring
Choose color overlay and make it a light gray color
You should have a sphere like the one on the left now, this is our mesh
Create a new gradient like the one here
Make a new layer
Draw a rectangle
Fill it with the new gradient, linear top to bottom
We want to add a bit of depth, so duplicate the rectangle 2X, move both copies beneath the gradient layer
Fill one copy with white and one copy with black
Nudge the black rectangle to the right by 1 pixel
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