Tutorial: Abstract Rose

Instructions:

1. First open up Adobe Photoshop CS2. (You can use other versions too.) First click on File >> New to create a new window or CRTL + N.

2. A window should open up. Have the width and height at 500 pixels. Click 'ok' It should look like this: .

3. Select the colors black as your foreground color and white as your background color. .

4. Then go to Filter >> Render >> Clouds. Now you should have something that looks like this. .

5. Duplicate the image by going to Layers >> Duplicate Layer or CTRL + J. Now you should have two of the same layer with clouds on them.

6. Next select Layer 1 by clicking on it in the layers panel. If you do not have the layout panel out click on 'F7' on your keyboard.

7. *Then go to Filter >> Distort >> Twirl. A window should open up like this one: .

8. Set the twirl angle to 550 degrees. It is best to have an angle degree between 250 and 650. If you have a degree less than that your rose will have little or no petals. If you have a degree that is more than that your rose will have more or to many petals. (You can try other angle degrees but this is what I use for this tutorial.) It should look like this: .

9. Repeat the step above. Where you see an *. Only this time change the degree to -550. It should look like this: .

10. Now chick on Layer 2. Select the blend mode. For this tutorial, I'm using 'Difference' If you used 'difference,' you should get the following image: .

11. Now you should add color to your abstract rose. So create a new layer and set the blend mode for that layer to 'color' Select a different color and use the paint bucket to fill it in. I used color #0076a3. So my rose looks like this: .

12. After that, you should flatten the image. Go to Layers >> Flatten Image. Save your image and now you have an abstract rose. --End Tutorial--

More Examples: Below are a few examples that I made. It tells you which blend mode I used on the second layer. Example #1 Blend Mode: Lighten Example #2 Blend Mode: Lighten Example #3 Blend Mode: Lighten Example #4 Blend Mode: Difference

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