Hello, all. I'm the guy from the "Tango on Television thread a few weeks back. I had to take a couple of weeks off, but I'm back to making Tango icons for a television show I'm producing. My latest newbie attempt is an umbrella. However, some parts of it have been difficult for my newbie skillz. I'm hoping someone on this list would be kind enough to finish it off for me?  ;-) As you can see, I'm more than halfway done, but there are two things which are kicking my ass: * filling in the umbrella webbing with a nice gradient that curves along the fake wireframing. I tried many things, but none looked good. * Glossy effect on the metal shaft. This is my first time trying a glossy object, and I did actually get something decent, but I'd prefer for it to be better since it'll be for high-resolution public viewing. Thanks for any help. I hope this is also useful to someone else in the future. -- (adam) THEO -- Age 28 -- Tallahassee, FL USA Video Editor at WFSU-TV. Civil Engineer in Air Force. Entrepreneur My Life & Ideas: <a href="http://www.adamtheo.name">www.adamtheo.name</a> My Think-Tank: <a href="http://www.theoretic.com">www.theoretic.com</a> My Multimedia Production Company, Coming Soon: <a href="http://www.theomultimedia.com">www.theomultimedia.com</a> * I'm on Facebook, GMail/Jabber, and Amazon. "An ambitious moderate Libertarian and modern Humanist/Buddhist"