Preserved Topic: New little Tut (Page 1 of 1)

This is for all you People who ever wanted
to make a cool little tatoo design type thing
PS: looks nice when you combine it with
some other effects.. like use it as a channel
for some of Doc's other tuts.<P>first start with a clean white image:<P>1: Create some text.. the more angular (hard edged) the font the better.
2: flatten the image
3: use the filter distort -> zigzag
4: set it to swirl around from center, and turn the curls up to top notch
5: make a copy of the layer
6: on the copied layer go to edit-> transform flip horizontal
7: select by color the white on the top layer, and cut it (ctrl+x).
8: use the move tool and your arrows to adjust the layer until you like how the two mirroed images fit together. <P>wallahha.. cool little tattoo.
Optionally if your not gonna use it as a channel for something - you can flatten it and then make a copy of the background layer again. use a gausian blur on the bottom image (about 3 works well), cut the white from the top layer, and move the bottom one down two and left two for a nice shadowed effect..<P>
-Faylix
"In chess.. someone has to take the black peices.. checkmate"