# Drawing glass **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 20, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203 "2003-07-20T22:09:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yeldarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/51bf81/32.png) [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/1 "2003-07-20T22:09:53Z")
i’m having trouble drawing glass in flash. can someone tell me an easy way to make realistic looking glass? it needs to be mostly transparent, as the site navigation will be behind it… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/2 "2003-07-20T22:52:26Z")
just do a lot of tests on what looks best…mainly gear your focus on the highlights…that is what will make it look like glass!!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/3 "2003-07-20T23:10:29Z")
should the highlights be more opaque or more transparent when they get nearest the part where there’s the most reflection? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/4 "2003-07-20T23:33:52Z")
look at some 3d or real life glass pics - that should help you draw them… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/5 "2003-07-20T23:35:17Z")
brighter where the glare is, becase thats the focus ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/6 "2003-07-21T00:02:11Z")
i ended up just making the edges darker, rather than the inside brighter, it looks pretty good for drawing it all in flash here’s a rough draft, i still have to decide how to color the pole, and the slide, then i have to animate it ![](http://www.barbdwyer.com/gumball.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/7 "2003-07-21T01:47:52Z")
cool ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/8 "2003-07-21T01:54:51Z")
in the sticky post at the top in on eof the photoshop links you can find a glass tutorial…Take the tut then find a way to bend it to your needs ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/9 "2003-07-21T02:28:08Z")
3d-iva he is doing it in flash though…i get what you mean but that could be using layer styles no? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/10 "2003-07-21T04:00:08Z")
[http://www.solardreamstudios.com/tutorials/fw/](http://www.solardreamstudios.com/tutorials/fw/) they have a tut for like glass buttons and such I would imagine you could tweak the tutorial a bit to make it look like glass. And fireworks has the same vector tools as flash basically. No layer blends necessary. I can imagine how to do it but to lazy to type it up. If this tut does not help maybe I can write up something quik ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-glass/26203/11 "2003-07-21T07:19:39Z")
one tip reduce the black border of the gum balls