Pool Ball

I made this ball in photoshop. I started off by using the gradient tool to make my background. After this i used the elip[tical marquee tool to create the outline of my snooker ball. i then filled it with an orange colour. After this i used the dodge and burn tools to make the ball have a slight shade and to make it have a lighting effect on it.After this made a shadow underneath also by using the eliptical marquee tool and filled this with black, i then added the gussian blur to it.