Ps: [ Abstract Crystal Ice ] by Tiffany

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Tutorial Written by: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Adobe Photoshop 7+
Difficulty: 5/10

1. Open up a new document in photoshop, I'm using a 400x400 white document.

2. Press D to reset your colors and then choose the gradient tool. make sure the settings are as follows:
http://img332.imageshack.us/img332/6...orial191ow.jpg


3. Make lots of gradients..go crazy. this is how mine turned out:



4. Go to filter>>blur>>radial blur and use these settings: 100, zoom, best.

5. Go to filter>>pixelate>>mezzotint>>long strokes.



6. Go to filter>>blur>>radial blur and use the same settings as in step 4. press ctrl-F three times.



7. Go to layer>>duplicate layer. Choose the top layer and go to filter>>distort>>polar coordinates>>polar to rectangular.

8. make sure you are on the top layer, and change its blending mode to lighten.



9. Press ctrl-e to merge the layers. press ctrl-u and choose whatever colors you like. i used these settings. hue: 187, saturation: 59, lightness: 0. make sure you check the colorize box at the bottom right hand corner.

10. This is how mine turned out. everyone's will be different, like mine has more white on the left side, but yours might not.



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[Weatherballoon]

I would just like to add, that if you are looking for added effect, make a 2nd duplicate of the original layer and use the polar coordinates twice, one background use rectangular to polar, and on the other duplicate use polar to rectangular, this is how my 400x400 image came out when doing so. Another note, if you change the background color before stacking the image, it allows for multiple colors if that is what your going for as u can see in this image

http://img333.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leet6cg.jpg

Don't triple post.