# How to Make a Frosted Glass 3D Icon (https://academy.spline.design/tutorials/how-to-make-a-frosted-glass-3d-icon)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 7 min 20 s
- Published: 2022-05-12
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk
- Part of: [Materials & Shading That Look Good](https://academy.spline.design/collections/materials-shading-that-look-good.md)

## About this tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Glass material layer on Spline to create a frosted glass effect in a 3D icon.

Check this scene in real-time: https://my.spline.design/frostedglassicon-e42b97aa5d357f036b9e2bd510e45557/

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk&t=0s) Introduction
- [0:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk&t=25s) Creating the base color layer
- [3:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk&t=180s) Making the 1st glass layer
- [4:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk&t=252s) 2nd glass layer
- [4:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk&t=295s) Final adjustments
- [5:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZH-t5zMbk&t=340s) Exploring design alternatives

## Related documentation

- [Extruding 2D objects in 3D](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/extruding-2d-objects-in-3-d)
- [Glass Layer](https://docs.spline.design/materials-shading/glass-layer)
- [Depth Layer / 3D Gradient](https://docs.spline.design/materials-shading/depth-layer-3d-gradient)