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Vortex Swirl

Author: Ryan Trafford More by this author


1) Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Press CNTRL+D to reset your pallete colors. Make sure your background is BLACK.

2) Apply Filter>Artistic>Plastic Wrap with these settings:



3) Filter>Distort>Twirl:



4) Apply Filter>Sketch>Chrome with these settings:



5) Add the color now, press CNTRL+U:



6) Now Duplicate the layer. Set the top layer blending change to Soft Light.



Press CNTRL+E to emerge the 2 layers back together.

7) Select the paint bucket tool, set your foreground color to black. Find a spot on the graphic and try the paint bucket tool:



This is how my paint fill is like:



8) Now we want to smoothen out the edges, go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and try these settings or try your own:



My final graphic:

Vortex Swirl Tutorial: Final Result

You can also try erasing the dot in the middle if you dont like it, I left it there. I also think this graphic works great as a logo.


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