Photoshop Fun

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

I don't know how to do abstract picture like those. Can someone tell me general steps?

Hmm... I usually just been starting out with a background color of my choosing. Often times that color is just black. Then sometimes I do a Filter>Render>Difference Clouds. Then I sometimes do some Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates and Filter>Distort>Twirl. Then after I've done some cool stuff there I'll Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and set it to zoom, best quality, and set the level to 100. Then I'll usually select the layer I've been working on and duplicate it. Then I'll do a few changes to the new layer. Often times those are just repeats of the last few filter effects I've been mentioning. And after that's done I change the drop-down box that usually says normal (in the layers window) and change it to something else. Then I mess around with the opacities of each of the layers and presto.

Just mess around. Mix it up. Change stuff around. Have fun.

Oh, and go here and do a bunch of tutorials: http://www.good-tutorials.com/

Hope that helps.

Edit:

Second Batch





The above picture was made completely without a Firebird or Phoenix in mind. The shape just came out after a filter I did. But I thought it was so cool that it came out that way I just left it.

I have both of those in desktop resolutions too.