I was playing with icosahedron modeling in Creo Parametric and decided to try modeling a soccer ball... It was fun and the resulting model was very flexible so I tried removing some "parts" of the ball to obtain a more "interesting" image... Imported in Keyshot (with the plugin this time ;D) and started experimenting with materials I was struck by an idea: why not create a picture that represents the ambiguity in modern soccer? Is soccer golden on the outside, yet ephemeral on the inside? The golden ball with the faint bubble creates a nice contrast between a solid, precious material and a diaphanous, light soap bubble.
(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/341/1/0/the_soccer_bubble_by_zpaolo-d5nbnw5.png)
http://zpaolo.deviantart.com/#/d5nbnw5
Paolo
Great idea - and a nice image.