# Tutorial-3D Spikey Ball

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-3d-spikey-ball/123654>\
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**Created:** [September 25, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-3d-spikey-ball/123654 "2004-09-25T20:23:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exorcist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Exorcist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Exorcist)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-3d-spikey-ball/123654/1 "2004-09-25T20:23:58Z")

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This awsome 3D spike ball came be made in less than 30 seconds and is one of the most awsome things you will ever see! 😃

1. Create a new document **500x500** with a transparent background. \*\*Press D \*\* to reset the colors

2. Fill the layer with\*\* Black\*\*

3. On the same layer, create a perfect circle marquee and go Filter \> Render \> Clouds.(Make a perfect circle marquee by pressing shift when making it)

DESELECT! CTRL-D

1. Go Stylize \> Extrude and use the following settings:

**Type:** pyramids  
\*\*Size: \*\* 20 pixels  
**Depth:** 255 Random

1. You are basically done at this point. Go Image \> Adjustments \> Hue/Saturation and enter the following settings:

These settings are my favorite and can be changed in any way.  
**Hue:** 209  
**Saturation:** 69  
\*\*Lightness: \*\* 0  
**Colorize:** yes

Yay you are done!

**Optional:**

Change the Extrude settings around to get different spikes!

You can see a finished example on my Sig…

SO…  
What do you guys think of it?