Abstract Noodles Tutorial

Step 1
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/2.gif -> http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/3.gif
Create a new image and fill it with black. Select the Lens Flare filter and use the above settings. Repeat 5-6 times like above.

Step 2
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/6.gif
Desaturate the image. Go into the mezzotint filter and use the above settings.

Step 3
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/8.gif
Go into radial blur and use the above settings.

Step 4
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/9.gif
Press CTRL+U to colorize the image. I colorized it to dark blue using the above settings.

Step 5
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/11.gif
Duplicate the layer. Double click your new layer and set the blending mode to lighten, using the above settings.

Step 6
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/15.gif
Go into the twirl filter and use the above settings

Step 7
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/14.gif
Duplicate your newest layer, then go into the twirl filter and use the above settigs on the new layer.

Final Product
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/abstract1/16.gif
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Holy crap... that is real nice. That is bad ass. Good Job Dude!

What can i say? :) Very very nice

Ooh that's nice , and the title's even nicer :P MmMmM nooodles.....

that's great taco... i just can't wait till i learn photoshop...

You'll have it in no time if you do a load of he tuts on this site ^.^

shit, thats awsome :P I willl try this as soon as i can great tutorial man!!

one of the best abstract tut's ive seen

nice job taco :D

I really like this design taco and i have been messing around with it alot lately. i have tried many different variations. When i follow your directions exactly mine comes out looking almost exactly like your but for some reason your image seems smoother, if that makes sense. mine almost seem a little pixely. Its not very drastic but i was wondering if there is something i can do to make the image seem smoother and flow better i guess.

What resolution are you using? That could be a huge contributing factor to it.

Holy **********
Man that is beautiful

Well taco i dont really understand the whole resolution thing if you could explain that to me that would be sweet. Like i know when you create a new image it asks for the size and resolutiion and i never know what to set the resolution too.

Great tutorial! I love abstract :wub:

I love Tacos Tuts. They actually helped me learn Photoshop a lot quicker. Plus, they make great backgrounds for Photo manipulations. *Bows to the Tuts*

Great tutorial. mine looks exactly the same.

pretty sweet lookin man...i love the little waves comin out the middle

If u call that noodles then i'm blind Oo looks more like a flower ..

mudavnerocker can i have 1 of yr sigs psd file and edit it and say originally by u? e-mail them to duff953@hotmail.com

nice tutorial.. it looks awesome dude.. good job!!

just a quick question, what resolution is good to use in this tut?

wow cool effect :rolleyes:

Oh SHIT thats good.............................. :o

I know this is one old topic.
But if I may I'd like to post my result :)

I've done a version following the tut and another where I just messed a little, nothing too interesting but I'm liking the effect :D

1

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/9...les20yh.th.jpg
2

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3...les14lf.th.jpg

Hope you like them like I did the tut.

Thanks again.

EDIT : Just put thumbnails instead, the images were a lil big.

Awsome, thats nice ! well done !

that turn out is really good, thanks for the tutorial im gonna definately try it soon

That is just...
Beauty.
Pure Beauty.
Damn, I'm so anxious to learn Photoshop now.

I love the tutorial and it was easy to follow, but i got mest up somhow...well it looks cool anyway mite use it for a sig. but do u know wat i did wrong? http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...lue-star-2.jpg

downright beautiful

Nice... I like this one

nice tut and excellent result :) Thanks

Very, very nice. I'll post my result soon ^_^

Wow - that's nice.

though when I try to do it on something sig-sized, it comes out looking disproportioned.

I changed some things around and added some stuff, and here's my result:

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...lizedlight.jpg

Thanks a lot! =)

Who that one is Awesome :O
I try to make it when i got some time:D

very nice noodles :D

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ightlycopy.jpg
just a quick mess around

great tut I will have to try it later

Great outcome and real simple, I liked it, thanks.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3419/50487498go8.png

this is my outcome... :P

And this is a sig I tried to make out of it :P

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7...thbordeaj0.png

That's really nice, thank you.

PS - First post!!

My result.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...xperiment7.png