Twirl Madness

1. Start off by opening a standard desktop size 400x400 px document.

2. Now create another layout above the default background layer. You can simply press CTRL+SHIFT+N.

image 1

3. Press "D" to reset your colors to black and white. Next, click on filter (top menu)->Render->Clouds, you will instantly get a black and white cloud effect added to your document. Follow with me for now, its doesn't look great yet.

4. Now go Filter->Pixelate>Mezzotint. In the pixelate box, select the type as Medium Lines and press ok.

image 2

5. Now go Filter->Blue-Radial Blur. Select Zoom, and set amount to 100. It may take a moment to perform.

6. Press CTRL-F (Repeat Filter) twice, this will smooth out your zoom effect.

7. This is where all the fun starts. You need to now duplicate the selected layer. Layer->Duplicate Layer

8. Now go Filter->Distort->Twirl. Set amount to 250.

image 3

9. Now its going to get a little bit confusing, we now want to duplicate this layer: Layer->Duplicate Layer

10. With this layer, we want to flip it vertically. Edit->Transform->Flip Vertical

11. Now we will set this layers Type to "Overlay"

image 4

12. This is the affect we are looking for. Now we are going to add color. Blue often look nice. Select the first Twirled layer. Press CTRL-U. Select Colorize Set Hue: 196, Saturation: 50.

image 5

13. Select the last layer you created, we are going to add another layer of color to it. Press CTRL-U. Select Colorize Set Hue: 203, Saturation: 61.

14. You are now completed, I got something like this:

Twirl Madness Tutorial: Final Result


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