9/06/2018

Circle of Steel


Supplies:

Tube of choice

Mura - Copies

Tramages - Tow the Line


Lets Begin:

Open a new image 550 x 250

Open your tube - select a light/medium color for your foreground color, and one medium dark color for your background.

Change your foreground to gradient:

Fill canvas with gradient.

Paste your tube.  Apply Mura Copies:  You may need to change the top number depending on your tube size

Adjust - Gaussian Blur - 10.00

Effects - Distortion - Twirl - degrees: 600

Change blend to soft light and lower opacity to around 70%

Adjust - Noise - Gaussian - 20% - mono checked

Layers - merge down

Copy and paste your tube - resize as needed.  Place to one side, add drop shadow of choice.  Duplicate - mirror.

Add a new layer - fill with one of your color choices - select all - modify - contract by 2 - delete - deselect.

Add your copyright and license information.

Merge visible.

Canvas size - 600 x 300 - center box chosen.

Minimize for now.

Open a new image 200 x 200

Fill with your gradient - apply Tramages - Tow the line:

With magic wand with these settings:

Holding down the shift key - select each black line:

Hit the delete key.   Deselect.  Add a new layer - send to bottom - fill with your darker color.  Merge visible.

Effects - Distortion - Polar Coordinates:

Copy.  Open your minimized tag - Paste circle.  Resize to your preference.  Duplicate as many times as you like and resize to your preference.  Arrange to your liking.  Add drop shadow of choice.

Add your name and save !!!