How would one go about recreating this?

[myront]

Tried CorelDRAW envelope but still not as exact as I'd expect.
Tried quick trace too. Still not accurate enough.
Possibly a 3D program?
Maybe a plug-in or macro?
Ought to be a way to create a grid of circles then fit them to a globe or sphere shape. Although this one seems to only follow horizontally i.e. doesn't "bend" or "arc" at the north and south pts.

 

[2B]

send to The Vector Doctor

 

[The Vector Doctor]

while I appreciate being mentioned, I would not be able to trace the blobs at the top and bottom poles or the skinny circles along the edges. They are far too pixelated

 

[The Vector Doctor]

Maybe something like this...

https://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/illustrator-disco-ball-tutorial/ but replace the rectangles with circles

or

 

[myront]

 

[Gino]

Your original had 10 rows. This one only has 7 rows, which is really distorting them. However, it looks like ya almost got it...........

 

[myront]

Thank you Vector Doctor I feel so much better now! Even though I hate illustrator i shall give it a whirl.

 

[visual800]

Did it quick in flexi, I think I did too many balls in a ball

 

[fuzzy_cam]

Did it quick in flexi, I think I did too many balls in a ball

If you don't mind me asking, how did you accomplish this in Flexi?

 

[citysignshop]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you accomplish this in Flexi?

I also tried in Flexi....using the 'distort' function. had to do it once, then rotate 90 degrees, do again, as the envelope was not a perfect sphere.
didn't quite nail it. often I find you need to put the object inside another, larger shape so that all the distortion doesn't happen right at the edges.

 

[myront]

Did it quick in flexi, I think I did too many balls in a ball

Pretty darn close. But see how towards the North and South the row of circles seem to be on an arc. I believe it's more "true" this way but the one I have seems to be more horizontal.

 

[d fleming]

Played with circles in Signlab for just a few seconds, might be able to pull it off with more time. Fit to globe vertical tool.

 

[JR's]

my-be?

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

Unless you're just wanting to learn the process of creating these from scratch, a quick reverse image search can go a long way. Tineye found this image here as well as on forty three other web pages.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-...tm_campaign=TinEye&utm_source=77643&utm_term=

 

[player]

It takes a lot of balls to attempt that graphic.

 

[The Vector Doctor]

2 minutes in Flexi. If you need details I guess I could make a video or something, but it's real easy.

This is the best one yet. All the others are balls in a sphere but no others were this close

 

[myront]

2 minutes in Flexi. If you need details I guess I could make a video or something, but it's real easy.

I have Flexi on one of my workstations. We only use it for Print Manager (RIP). With that said, yes, I'd like to see how it is done in Flexi.
As for other suggestion as to finding the image, that wasn't a problem. The problem is that it's an image, as in, not vector! This one in particular is used in a client's logo and the company cannot produce an original vector version of their logo. Well, actually they did but I can easily see that it was nothing more than a quick trace of the image first given. So yes, I am always looking to hone my skills as a designer and would really like to learn how it was done in the first place.

 

[player]

Manually creating that graphic is quite doable. Set up some grid lines and hand distort each circle one at a time.

 

[kcollinsdesign]

The envelope filters will elongate the circles at the poles. My guess is that is not what is wanted.

A quick reverse image search (under one minute) yielded this:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-...ce=77643&utm_source=27795&utm_term=&utm_term=

 

[myront]

The envelope filters will elongate the circles at the poles. My guess is that is not what is wanted.

A quick reverse image search (under one minute) yielded this:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/vector-dotted-sun-yelloworange-gradient-20288362?irgwc=1&irgwc=1&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=TinEye&utm_campaign=Viglink Primary&utm_source=77643&utm_source=27795&utm_term=&utm_term=

You're fired! Pack your things and leave immediately.