Green Swirled Vortex
Create this smooth swirled green vortex by using filters and blending changes.

author:
  Ryan
title:
  Green Swirled Vortex
date:
  Wed 24 November 2004
category:
  Photoshop Filter Effects
credits:
 


New Document

Make a new document, I used 700x200. Press CNTRL+D to reset your pallete colors. Start off with any color of background, I used white.



Marque Tool

Starting with the Elipitical Marque Tool we want to make a lots of oval and round selections like below:


*Note if you hold SHIFT you can make numerous selections at once. Try it out :D



Create a New Layer

Make a new layer and fill the selection in with black:





Apply Filter - Wave

Apply Filter>Distort>Wave with these settings:





Apply Filter - Radial Blur

Now apply Filter>Blur>Radial Blur:





Hue Settings

Press CNTRL+U and use these colors settings or adjust to make a color that suits you:





Duplicate Layer

Duplicate the layer and change the Blending Change to Linear Burn:





Apply Filter - Twirl

Apply Filter>Distort>Twirl to the Linear Burn layer with these settings:





Apply Twirl

Duplicate the layer one more time and add a little more Filter>Distort>Twirl.



Duplicate Layer

Duplicate the layer again and rotate it:


Final:



For questions and help regarding this tutorial,
please post a message at the forums.
Want your link here?