Create a Jewel 2

After posting the last tutorial for making a gem or jewel, I spent some time trying to figure out how to make it look more like a faceted cut gem.  This tutorial and the sample shown in the image above is the result.  It's still not 100% photo-realistic, but it's a bit closer than the last tutorial which is below this post.

This tutorial was written 20 February 2012 in PSP 9 but should work in other versions of the program.  There are some optional basic vector editing steps at the very end of this tutorial so this one may be of interest for that reason even if making a jewel is not.

Create a Gemstone

I have a new tutorial to share on how to create a gemstone.  This tutorial was written 10 January 2012 in PSP 9, but it should work in other versions of the program. You can see the end result of the method I use, and which is shared in this tutorial, in the image above.  Just wanted to add a note of thanks for the feedback on my first tut. Glad to know that everyone was able to follow it without any problems, and I hope that will be the case for this one as well.