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Gel Effect

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Step1

Allright lets start out by making a new document. in this example i use 200x200. now lets reset your colors. simply press D

Step2

Now lets start the actual fabrication of the project. go to filter > render > clouds. then filter > render > different clouds. you can see what i got with both below to compare them to yours if you are useing the same colors as me. you can keep rendering clouds until you find something that you like.

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Step3

After doing that go to filter> sketch> chrome .

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You can change settings to your likes

Step4

Now after giving your image a little gel effect invert the image colors (CTRL+I). Then filter> stylize> find edges (right image)

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Step5

Now you can add a little color to it if you would like. hit CTRL+U or go to image> adjustments> hue/saturation.

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After you do that your image shoud look a little something like this (maybe a little different in color)

Gel Effect

Tips

You may not like the way your final image turns out... but there a few things you can do to make a better one next time. some things you can do; start out with a much bigger work area... maybe 800x600 then when you get to the final product resize the image to something smaller by going to help > resize image.