We first downloaded the picture from the desktop set it as the first layer then made another layer on top but it as the background colour and used black then we made another layer and named it blue orb. To make the blue orb we first have to get the brush tool and set it to 160 pt with the hardness to 0pt with the colour dark blue after we put the first dot onto our page we then made another dot with 100pt brush with softness at 0pt again with the colour bright blue. Next we got the colour white with the same set-up and made another dot then that was the blue orb done. The only thing to do now was to make it actually look like a blue orb the way we done this was by using the smudge tool with 85% strength and 0pt hardness to alter the image to make it look alive. What helped us with this image coming alive very quickly was the amount of shortcuts we used like "b for brush" "CTRL+Z for undo" "left and right square brackets for making the image smaller and larger. I would defiantly use this technique at home due to it making images look alive and giving them a better effect and plus it is a lot quicker and easier to do.