Realistic Microphone in Photoshop

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You asked for it and you got it. More Intermediate/Advanced Tutorials Step up
to the Microphone please. We are going to create a microphone in Photoshop.
This is a two part tutorial, but you don't have to wait for part two because I am
putting up both parts today. So without any further babble, let's jump in...
INGREDIENTS

Patterns

Spherize Filter

Custom Gradients

Layer Styles

Difficulty 7/10

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Create a new Document 600 x600 -rgb, transparent bg

Make a circle with the marquee tool

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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"
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Create a light to dark gray gradient

Use the circular settings and fill the sphere so it looks like the image shown

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

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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

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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

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Nudge the black rectangle to the right by 1 pixel

Nudge the white rectangle to the left by 1 pixel

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Repeat the steps 9-11 except make the rectangle narrower as shown in the
illustration here

Link all the layer and choose create

new set from linked
Name it head. We now have the mic
head completed.

Lets continue to the body in Part 2

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