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Futuristic Beetle

Create a new layer again and draw the third layer of the flame, having this time the white color.

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

Select for each flame’s layer the next demonstrated filters. On the first layer we’ll apply Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3 

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

For the same layer we’ll apply also Filter>Blur>Motion Blur

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3 

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

For the second layer we must choose the same filters the first layer has.

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

The last third layer needs the next filter’s option: Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur (the same applied for the first layer)

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

Merge down those three layers belonging to the flame in a single one (press Ctrl button to mark out the corresponding layers and press then CTRL+E). Make a copy of the new layer we’ve got and select the Free Transform option to turn the copy over and place the flame’s layer on the left and right sides of the insect.

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

Create again a new layer (Create new layer) and use a standard brush (Brush Tool (B)) of a large diameter to represent a luminescence on the picture, colored with #55B4E7

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3 

Create Futuristic Beetle in Photoshop CS3

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