Appendix C. Spheres
This section gives diagrammatic views of how the spheres on the book’s original front cover were created.
Sphere with Gradient Shading and Shadow
Sphere with gradient shading and shadow. Top left: Completed sphere. Top middle: Shadow. Bottom: The sphere with shadow and highlight layers.
Sphere with Hatched Shading and Shadow
Sphere with hatched shading and shadow. Top left: Completed sphere. Top middle: Unshaded sphere. Middles: Path used for clipping, raw hatch (single line duplicated via tile-cloning), creation of clipping ...
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