Ice Age

May 14th, 2006 by Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Special Effects

1. Make a new image (File > New or Ctrl+N) with 770px in width and 400px in height:



2. Create a new layout (Layer > New > Layer or Shift+Ctrl+N). Set your foreground color to black and background color to white, then go to Filter > Render > Clouds.
3. Filter > Brush Strokes > Sprayed Strokes:



4. Filter > Distort > Twirl:



5. Filter > Brush Strokes > Crosshatch:



6. Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap:



7. Filter > Brush Strokes > Dark Strokes:



8. Now your image should look similar to the one below :



9. Duplicate the layer (Layer > Duplicate Layer) and set the Blending Mode to Pin Light:



10. Go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal. Then Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Now you should have something similar to the image below :



11. Filter > Distort > Twirl:



12. Filter > Stylize > Wind:



13. Filter > Distort > Twirl:



14. Now select the 1st layer we made and apply a Filter > Stylize > Wind:



15. Then apply a Filter > Distort > Twirl:



16. Now your image should look similar to the one below :


17. Now were going to add color to the 1st layer, Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U (Make you check the Colorize box before applying the settings):



18. Now select 2nd layer and apply color there too, Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U (Make you check the Colorize box before applying the settings):



19. Were done. You should have something similar to the image below:

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