http://www.phong.com/tutorials/glass/ I think that might hold a clue... haven't learned it to the bone yet, but it has certain potential :)

Aren't we all kinda Photoshop zombies? I wait with impatience :)

Ehr... I love getting tips from you, you always have something absolutely unusual to say... I would buy your book for sure, if you ever write one! But sometimes... it's very hard to desypher. "Lame lmae lame example provided.." sounds like vicca wisper for calling a thunderstorm :)But you know, after I read it five times, I got the idea... must try it on something. Thank you very much!

Ough... I've been searching web for hours and hours now... checking not only what they say to you in the official site but also what people really did with the tool provided. What I found out... no matter money thing, don't go by Maya! lol... Carrara bits Maya one hand, not to mention C4D. My desired pack now is ZBrush plus saving long time for Lightwave... There is also Realsoft 3D which is quite good 3d app and it costs something like half a cost of Lightwave. But Carrara is still very appealing by it's price and I've heard people with previous experience on onther programs got very excited by.. :) Thank you all for your help, it is precious! Who knows, the chance I buy Carrara is still very high because of the local provider existanse and, again, the price :)

Thank you very much, the monthly PDF does sound very convincing! So does the version 4. But 197 bucks (as I can remember for now) for the Transposer plug-in? Not THAT easy on my wallet :)

..But I must say, that "Spherize" advise was easy and fast one, and not bad at all! Pity you can't make a zombie with... after all, that was my final wish -- making people, not nectarines... :-P Here's the "karosnikov" variant :-)

Hey, what I meant actually was something like this... sorry, guys, I must agree, the nectarine was very poor choice... and I feel bad about it. And, yes, that "Displace" treek also was used here... 15 percent ;-) So, this is the tut link I've been talking about http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/6093057/ I've heard that people have problems with opening my deviant arts links... however, look for it in the gallery of t-gar, will be no problem... it's somwhere in the second page, with a zombie on it :-) Have fun! P'S. If you are registered but not allowed to search, just start a submission, put there :icont-gar:, continue next step but not to the end, the moment you see his icon appeared, just click on it. Dirty treek but it works! He-heeeeee..... Good Luck!

@TMGraphics: But how to warp it? By that "Displace" tool? Still have problems with it... got the idea from another DA tut :-)

Ohrm... not really. I've found an excellent tut on this theme on deviantarts, it was about how to make a zombie... Made by t-gar. So I made zombies and forgot about the nectarine. This week I'll probably have very little time, so I can't promiss I'll do my best to this humble fruit but at least I can say that I'll return to live here a link to this tut. If I'll have my computer at good health (there is a chanse I won't) :-)

Wo-hoo! Splendid! The best one I've seen until now. I miss butties! :-) Wjjjjjjjj.......

Oh, these sweet buggies! I just killed one of this kind yesterday... the poor creat clupped up to my head... or out? :-) Chat, chat, chat... How did you make them multicolored? Out of a shape tool? :-) They look yum :-)

Uff... I wish I could understand more on how you did it :) You've got the best nectarine 'till now! Well, let me wake up and try it... none said it will be easy :-)

Thank you very much, Deb! You really helped me a lot... I think, cold weapons are still in fashion... don't they? :-) Cheers!

Oups... all I wanted were the mere numbers... no names. I can figure up the names by myself, but it wasn't interesting me... I just need to consider how much hours of work for a post it is worthy? Does a beginner have a chance to sell dozens of copies if the product is in average to good quality? Or you must build yourself a name first? If I'll do anything, it will be like 20 hours of work involved. So I need to take some precoctions first :-)

Do with that color what you wish, I just need a correct SHADING! And, if possible, the natural looking curving of this stripes above a nectarine :-)