Creating background in photoshop...

I couldn't find a suitable background so i decided to creat one in photoshop. Here is the created background:

Here is a step by step for creating the bacteria...

Now i had looked at some images to give me inspiration i started to model it on 3D s max. I started out with a simple image. A spring.

I then needed to edit the shape. I did this by going into edit poly > selecting the polygons i wanted to remove > deleting the polygons. i was left with this:

Now im left with 2 bacteria like shapes. They currently have open ends, so i need to add a sphere in all open ends to make them rounded.

This is the basic shape done. I now need to add in a background.

3rd stamp idea...

I have now done a fish, and an insect/beetle. I wanted to make something a bit different. I started looking into micro-organisms and bacteria. Here are some images i collected to show what sort of final design i wanted to achieve.


This is bacteria, i like the lighting and texture it has. I could recreate this in my final stamp.

These are the steps i took in creating the discus fish in 3D. The body, tail and fins are all the same part. The dorsal fins have been added on after. As you can see they are shown in a different colour. Here are the images...

images that inspired the discus fish...

I was browsing the internet, looking for some inspiration for my other stamps. I saw some images of coral and underwater scenes. This looked very appealing and would work well on a stamp as all the images were bright and stood out. Here are a few of the images that inspired me...



I then decided on a fish for a subject for the stamp. This is because there is such a wide range of images of fish on the internet to give me some further inspiration. Here are some...



The last fish is a discus fish. I have decided to create a fish similar to this in 3D.

Final discus fish stamp...

Here is the final thing! I decided to use the same effect and matching colours of the beetle stamp. The background of the '2nd' class rectangle is the same colour and texture as the fish, I did this to make the stamp look more professional and all blend in together.

creating bitmap images...

Sometimes I couldn't find a suitable bitmap image to wrap my 3d model in to make it looks realistic so i decided to create one on photoshop. To do this i opened up a new blank document and begun to draw the shape i needed. I was going to wap the fins so needed some lines to make up the fin bones.

Here is the blank document. And below shows the finished bitmap image to wrap the fins with.



Here is the fin bitmap on the fins of the fish. I think it came out quite well.