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Swirly
Wallpaper Tutorial
This tutorial
is for Jasc Paintshop Pro. Alot of the images on this page are thumbnailed
for convenience.
This tutorial
will show you how to create a wallpaper like this one:
(Click to
enlarge)
Now, this wallpaper
is actually quite simple. You start by making a blank canvas, the size you
want your wallpaper to be. Now, I'm going to use 640x480 for this tutorial
for loading times (hardly anyone uses that screen res now, but it's better
for the tutorial). Use any background colour you like; it's best to use either
black or white. I'm using white for this one. Duplicate the layer, and make
sure you're painting on the top layer.
Take the Paintbrush
tool, and set the Brush size to around 40-50, Opacity to 30, and the Hardness
to 10. You can vary these settings if you want.
Now, for the
colours, you need to select a base colour. I'm going for Green - Slytherin
colours.
Outlined in red
on the main colour box, is the area of colour you'll be selecting your colours
from. I like to start in the middle to begin with. Start making some curved
strokes on the canvas with the main colour. It should look something like
this:
Now you need
to build this up, using varying shades of green. Like this:
As you can see,
neatness is nothing when it comes to this. Have fun, make a mess, enjoy yourself.
Now, you need
to use a twirl effect:
Use the settings
any way you like them, but I usually set the to maximum:
Your canvas should
look like this now:
Now you've got
the basics of this. Now you need to duplicate it again! Your layers should
look like this now (with the copys being the swirls, and the background being
plain white):
Now comes the
slightly more difficult bit. You need to move the layers around. Move them
so they're in opposite corners, like this:
Now you need
to erase the white corner on the top layer there. Do it carefully! Try not
to erase too much of the green swirl in the process, but DONT use the lasso
tool to cut around it! It's too fine that way; use the erasor tool with the
hardness set low. It should come out looking like this:
Now, flatten
the layers! That's Layers>Merge>Flatten:
Use the Twirl
effect again! I wouldnt recommend using the Twirl effect to it's full capacity
this time however; set it to around 500 or 600. It should look like this:
Of course, if you use darker colours, it will come out looking more like the original
one up the top there. I added scan lines over
the top of the original. You could also use a pixel
effect too; if you use a pixel effect first, and then scan lines, it looks
very cool:
And there you
have it! One swirly wallpaper!
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