Swirled Vortex
Swirled Vortex
Author Name: TDW
URL: http://www.thedesignworld.com
1. Make a new document, I used 700×200. Press CTRL+D to reset your pallete colors. Start off with any color of background, I used white.
2. Starting with the Elipitical Marque Tool we want to make a lots of oval and round selections like below:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/1.jpg)
*Note if you hold SHIFT you can make numerous selections at once. Try it out 😀
3. Make a new layer and fill the selection in with black:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/2.jpg)
4. Apply Filter>Distort>Wave with these settings:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/3.jpg)
5. Now apply Filter>Blur>Radial Blur:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/4.jpg)
6. Press CNTRL+U and use these colors settings or adjust to make a color that suits you:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/5.jpg)
7. Duplicate the layer and change the Blending Change to Linear Burn:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/6.jpg)
8. Apply Filter>Distort>Twirl to the Linear Burn layer with these settings:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/7.jpg)
9. Duplicate the layer one more time and add a little more Filter>Distort>Twirl.
10. Duplicate the layer again and rotate it:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/8.jpg)
Voila:
![](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/SpecialEffects/swirled/9.jpg)
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