Abstract Boxes Tutorial

Step 1
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/1/abstract1/3.gif
Create a new image, and press D to set default colors. Fill in the background with black. Select the lens flare filter and create four lens flares in the corners like above.

Step 2
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/1/abstract1/5.gif
Select the wave filter, and use the above settings.

Final Product
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/1/abstract1/6.gif
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/1/abstract1/7.gif (colorized)
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very sweet tut.

simple yet very detailed lol :P

NIce tut and a nioce result ^.^

Nice and simple... My type of graphic! :P

hey taco i like the effect, once again the glowing edges filter was my friend...i applied that then made some hue/saturation changes and came up with this tech style thing
http://img198.exs.cx/img198/6459/techsquare9hc.png

Very cool mate, do you think I could possibly create a tutorial with that in mind?

Also, I see you enjoy Diablo 2, its a great game =).

yea, go ahead and use whatevr you want of mine :)
i dont care, cuz you came up with the first part anyway :P
yea, btw about five of us guys that played diablo2 all agree that it is like crack, cuz you get so addicted to it B)

Dude, Indosilver nice! Thats sweet.

that's a reallsy nice effect you've got there mate

I started with clouds instead of lens flares, and used some ideas from both IndoSilver and another tutorial (http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/count/2097), and came up with the following:

http://www.adamlyon.com/images/coolthing.jpg

I'm too lazy to remove the mask gradients on the side so the polar coordinate filter makes a full circle, but I still think it's cool. B)