My boss asked me to re-design their logo and he wanted to have a globe in it as it's part of our name.  I took this photo of the globe we have in our office. I then brought it into Illustrator and created two layers so that I could vector the object properly.  Following below are some color samples of the globe after I completed rendering it into vector art.

One of several vector arts of the globe.  This uses the color scheme that he was leaning towards.

Another version of the same globe.

Here is the version of the globe the company decided to go with for their logo.  I would later create a business card for the company as well using this globe as the logo.