Twirl........in Photoshop

Everyone is doing the twirl-thing in Photoshop. Thought I'll give it a try to :)

Started with this:

And changed it to:

And this is how to make a twirl: (Posted By: Ben Jamir)

Step 1: 

In Photoshop (I’m using PS CS3 but any version will do) open a new document 800px by 800 px resolution at 72. You can choose your own size. Make sure that the color pallet is atPhotoshop default that is foreground color Black and background to white.

Step 2:

Now go to filter- Render – clouds. So you get something like this.(shown below)

Step 3:

Now again go to Filter – pixelate – mezzotint and select “short strokes” from the drop down menu, and you will get something like this.

Render cloud effect

Pixelate – mezzotint effect

Step 4: 

Now go to filter Blur – Radial blur and apply Amount to 100, Blur method to “zoom”and quality to “Best” than click Ok. Apply this effect Twice , so that you get something like this.

Radial Blur

Radial blur effect (twice)

Step 5:

Next go to Filter – Distort – Twirl – set angle to 120. and click OK So you get something like this.

Twirl settings

Twirl effect applied

Step 6:   

It looks very boring at this stage. Duplicate this layer by going to the layer pallet right click and “Duplicate Layer”. Now select the top layer that is your duplicated layer and set the Blending option to “Lighten”

Step 7:

With you duplicate layer still selected go to filter – distort- Twirl – and this time set the angle to –180 and click OK. So you get something like this.

Step 8:

Now it looks good. Now to apply some color to these two layers to make it colorful Twirl. To do that, first make sure that the duplicated layer is selected than go to Image – adjustment –Hue/saturation. Make sure to check the “Colorize” option and play with the Hue and saturation slider to get the desired color, do the same with the other layer also, make some contrasting color to make it more colorful or you can follow my settings as shown below.

Settings for top layer

Settings for bottom layer.

Step 9:  

This is what I ended up with. May look strange but definitely beautiful. This can be used as a Icon, Logo, or for a web page Banner or anything you like.It can be of any size with hundreds of different color combinations, just play around with the hue/saturation slider.