Digital Globes

Make Your Own | Valentines Day

Make Your Own Animated Globes

As with most things that get popular, there is now a whole community of individuals creating digital, animated snowglobes on their computers. These are great for adding to e-cards or livening up your web-site and they're pretty easy to create. Once you've created your first few you'll probably find yourself driven to creating more and more elaborate snowglobes. One of the joys of digital snowglobes is that there are virtually no restrictions on what you can include in your globe or what you can do with them. The possibilities are endless.

To start, you'll need:

To inspire you, we've included some examples of what others have created (below). Click the images to visit the author's sites. To the right, you'll find sites that can help you create your own animated globes. There are sites offering free tubes, clip-art and step-by-step instructions. Let us know when you've created your snowglobe and we might feature your creation here!

Let your imagination run wild!

CHARLOTS WEB			MAGIC ARTISTRY
Charlot's Web features some beautiful mystical and mythical snowglobes.			What the collection lacks in size, it more than makes up for in quality. Some stunning animated globes can be found at Magic Artistry.
THE COTTAGE PET SHOP			SERENITY DESIGNS
Don't give someone a pet as a present - give them a snowglobe instead! Check out the collection at The Cottage Pet Shop.			I love the astrology globes by Serenity Designs.
LUV'S CREATIONS			DIXIE LADY'S DIGITAL GARDEN
Check out the Globe of the Month at Luv's Creations. You can paste the HTML into your own site and watch as the globe automatically changes each month.			There are some very cool tubes for download at Dixie Lady's Digital Garden, including a fabulous collection of butterflies and moths !