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[the_dude_of_darkness]

Open up a new document 400x150 with white bg, and draw diagonal lines like so:
(they don't have to be perfect)

Filter > Stylize > Wind (from the left) and Ctrl+F

Duplicate the layer, Filter > Distort > Twirl (angle 248) and Ctrl+F
then Filter > Stylize > Find Edges and set the layer blending mode to darken

Ctrl+U, check colourize, and pick your favourite colour (I chose +30 with lightness +30 aswell), then duplicate the layer, flip it hoizontal, and set blending mode to darken

Merge layers, duplicate the layer, flip vertical, and set blending mode to one of the following:
Darken:

Lighten:

Color Burn:

Overlay:

or Multiply:

now (using multiply as the example), merge the layers, duplicate it, Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur on the top one with radius 2.3, and set the blending mode to lighten.

final result:

another one I made (forgot what I did) that turned out better than this

[Brian]

Nice tutorial it kinda looks like an eye. Good work.

[15420]

pretty cool, thanks

[Quickdust]

Very Nice, Like the outcome

[Dick]

whats up DE?! whats wrong on filters? sometime i looks more cooler thatn fkin brushing..... everybody is doing brushing its not original, but good filter combos are original.....

[dragoneye]

whats up is that with filter u do NOTHING by urself, its the program that does everything.

[DeminoX]

nice tut but change the colors.

[the_dude_of_darkness]

Originally posted by DeminoX@Jun 12 2005, 09:46 PM
nice tut but change the colors.

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notice I said "pick your favourite colour"
that means you can use whatever color you want.

[Regedit]

Originally posted by dragoneye+Jun 13 2005, 01:46 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dragoneye &#064; Jun 13 2005, 01:46 AM)</div>

nothing special, its just filters and doesnt really look that good* :huh:

i think there should be some kind of separate section for filter whored tuts* :huh:

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why?

Originally posted by Dick@Jun 13 2005, 01:51 AM
whats up DE?&#33; whats wrong on filters? sometime i looks more cooler thatn fkin brushing..... everybody is doing brushing its not original, but good filter combos are original.....

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what he said.

<!--QuoteBegin-dragoneye@Jun 13 2005, 02:58 AM
whats up is that with filter u do NOTHING by urself, its the program that does everything.

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Its not really about how you do it, its about the outcome, if you didnt want the program to do anything for you you&#39;d pull out a real canvas and some real brushes.

[Tenchido]

This is a pretty good tutorial....The otucome reminds me of my grandmothers quilt..LOL But maybe DE And dick should make a topic somewhere else and continue arguing on which is better...Brushing or filtering?