Yes, exactly like that! What kind of bitmap did you use? Any picture, or are certain colors in the bitmap preferable? Also, what color is the diffuse for the material you used? That picture you posted is EXACTLY what I was hoping for, so if I could mimic that it would be fantastic. Thanks a ton for the response and help!
In the past I spent quite some time seraching for spherical environment maps, just by googling. I think you should be able to find some, even HDRI ones are out there! Some Sites sell them but also offer plenty free, low-res examples, these should be enought for your purbose, at least for me they are sufficient ;) I used a…