Mayor_McSteeze Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Mayor McSteeze here proud to present to you the Storm/Vortex Abstract tutorial! Off Topic Bit: 100th Post edition. Heres a preview of what we will be making today. Before we begin, Heres a list of plugins you will need, None! Lets Get Ready To Rumble! [/boxing announcer] But seriously, lets get started. Step 1: Create a new canvas :AddNewLayer: (size is up to you, I chose 600X600 because i find it rather attractive) Step2: Set your Primary color to White and Secondary to Black. Draw a Radial Gradient Like so. It can be however big or small you fancy it to be. Step3: Go to Adjustments -> Curves :Curves: (or Curves+ doesnt matter) And set your luminosity Like show below. (image provided courtesy of @AGJM) (dont mess with this step, it needs to stay the same for the outcome to look right.) Step 4: Sharpen :Sharpen: the image at full settings. Step 5: Run Clouds :Clouds: (Effects -> Render -> Clouds) With a low Scale and roughness around .55-.7 and Blend Mode Set to Color Burn. Step 6: Duplicate :DuplicateLayer: the current layer. Step 7: On the Top Layer, Run a :ZoomBlur: Zoom Blur (Effects -> Blurs -> Zoom Blur) in the center of the vortex with zoom amount set around 80-100. Step 8: Set the top layers Blend Mode :Properties: to Negation. Step 9: Merge :MergeDown: The Two Layers Down. Step 10: Color your layer with Color Tint, Color Balance Or Just Plain Old :Curves: Curves. Choose What ever colors you think will look best. (I Chose a Dark Blue but its up to you.) Make it as Fruity as you want. Step 11: (Im losing track ) Duplicate the current layer so you will have 2, count em' 2 layers. Step 12: (This Step is optional, but i think it adds a nice touch.) Run Smudge On the Top Most layer, (Effects -> Distort -> Smudge) And Smudge in the area's shown below in the intricate diagram. Remember, It's optional. Step 13: On the top layer, run twist (Effects -> Distort -> Twist) With the settings seen below. Step 14: Now, switch to the Bottom Layer and run Twist again with these settings. (Pay attention to the twist amount!) Step 15: Almost done, Set the Top Layers Blend Mode :Properties: to Lighten. Grats, Your all done! Here is the result from making this tutorial: Another Outcome: I Hope you enjoyed this tutorial almost as much as i enjoyed making it ( Which was a lot, per say.) Feel Free to leave comments and post your creations as well. -Mayor McSteeze Edited April 28, 2012 by Ego Eram Reputo Fixed bad icon Vortex Tutorial | Texture Tutorial | My Gallery | Glossy Water Tut | | deviantART | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko21 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I love it, great tutorial, great result! Here's mine: My signature was way too big, so a helpful moderator deleted it. I support the FairTax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Nice result! This will help tons of beginners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Great Tut! Here's my result. PDNwarriors <---- Click and Join The World Is Your Canvas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magmaman498 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Thats a neat effect! It will deffinatly help begginers! So im building my mini city and I just started. Its on my mini city.com. Here the link to mine! I really appreciate it!http://my-oldcountry.myminicity.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedo 92 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I didn't get such a spectacular twist, but here it is Click Here Pl0x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattz1996 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Here's my outcome: You can change the Color Tint on both layers to make it look even cooler (: Â Click my signature to register for the game my signature is based off of If you get to level 5, it helps me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dvd819 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Thanks for the tutorial David Nielsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2andri Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Here's my shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitzo Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 really cool man, pretty simple, but great! Changed a few things around deviantArt l gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjajoe56 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Cool tutorial! Here is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ben Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Nice! This is my outcome: I changed the tint on both layers. Looks WAY cooler. And nice tutorial Ima noob, but quickly learning. Sample: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmang Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 This tut shows how simple that creating visually striking images can be. Thank you Mayor McSteeze. The first of my images is what happened when I set the top layer's blend mode to difference, bottom layer to lighten, and then merged the layers. The second image you see here is what happened when I set the layers blend mode to lighten, and merged them together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaddl89 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 My go on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00ber Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 (edited) This is mine... Edited July 6, 2010 by n00ber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor_McSteeze Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 (edited) Im glad everyone is enjoying this tutorial as much as i enjoyed making it! Edited July 7, 2010 by Mayor_McSteeze Vortex Tutorial | Texture Tutorial | My Gallery | Glossy Water Tut | | deviantART | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00ber Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Im glad everyone is enjoying this tutorial as much as i enjoyed making it! You are very welcome Mr. Mayor. BTW; did you come up with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersoni183 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Okay. I changed this a little. After finishing the tut, Duplicate then Invert Horizontal on the top layer. Set top layer mode to lighten. Merge Down. Repeat but use Invert Vertical this time. Duplicate the single layer you have. Use zoom blur on the center at the first notch or whatever you call those things on the slider. Make the zoom blur layer on the bottom. Set top mode to difference. merge down. That is an interesting result. I started with a purplish color. Heres what I got after all that: Started with 1800x1800 then scaled down. Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meagan the Hedgefox Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 What version did you use? A.D.O.S.~Attetion Deficit -Ooh,Shiny!^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meagan the Hedgefox Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Here's mine! A.D.O.S.~Attetion Deficit -Ooh,Shiny!^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmariusx Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Cool, used it in a bit diffrent way... Before: After: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meagan the Hedgefox Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 @L3ron: Thanks! A.D.O.S.~Attetion Deficit -Ooh,Shiny!^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazek Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I love this. I kinda twirled around with the effects, and this is what i got. Serious graphics up in that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Frango Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 My first attempt: And a fiddled version: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meagan the Hedgefox Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 @Stone Frango: Dude,the first one is just awesome! A.D.O.S.~Attetion Deficit -Ooh,Shiny!^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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