DRAWING BILLIARD BALL NUMBER 8 USING PHOTOSHOP.

I often to play billiard, billiard number 8 give me inspiration to draw it using photoshop.
Ok should we....

1. First step, create new document, up to you about the size....
2. Create new layer then choose elliptical marquee tool. Press shift to make circle after that click and drag. To set up the position of the circle in the middle of canvas at the same time you press shift you must press space button
3. After you draw the circle, choose paint bucket tool then fill the circle with black, change the layer name with “ball”.
4. Create new layer then draw smaller white circle that we use it for number background.
5. To write the number press T on the keyboard, write number 8 and place it in the middle of white circle. Set the size number so it fit with white circle by press Ctrl + t (free transform).
6. Change layer “text” by right click on the number 8 then choose rasterize type.
7. Merge layer number with white circle by using merge down then set up the position in the right bottom. Don’t forget to click twice on the layer name, and rename it with “number” or anything you want.
8. Create new layer then draw white circle once more, set up the white circle in the left top of the ball. Rename the layer with “highlight”
9. Next step choose layer “highlight” then press Ctrl, drag mouse pointer to ball layer to choose ball shape. After that go to Filter>distort>spherize, set amount 100% and normal mode .Then go to filter>blur>Gaussian blur set radius to 30. Do the same things with layer “number” except without blur, next press Ctrl + d to unselect. The result will be like this.

Now it’s almost finish, to be more realistic we need to add shadow to the ball, you can give layer style to the layer ball, then choose drop shadow set up the distance and size, beside that you can use manual way, by duplicate the layer “ball” and change it name with layer “shadow”.
Next place layer “shadow” under the ball. Press Ctrl + t, set the shape so it match with the ball by using perspective or anything else and give filter>blur>Gaussian blur, set radius about 25.
And taraaa we are finish now. You can make not only ball number 8 but any ball that you want