Creating 'Joe Media' Graphic

I decided to go ahead a bit with schedule and create a graphic not as a final but as a work in progress. Here is the final result

So how did I create it?

First I had to make a 3d sphere and extrude its shape;

Second I created a camera so that the sphere was in the centre of the screen;

Finally I made the text and added all the materials to the layers, ending with this, then I set it to render out into high quality formats;