STEP 1

Start with a white back ground. Use the paint brush with a brush width of 100 to make many randomly placed black dots.

Note: Shanel Petretti (2012) tried using three different colours for the dots and got interesting results. Try it if you dare! J

STEP 2

Then use a zoom blur. Set the Zoom Amount to 40.

STEP 3

Then use the paint brush to make many white dots, but don't cover all of the black dots, just enough to create contrast.

STEP 4

Reapply the zoom blur again. Again use Zoom Amount equal to 40.

STEP 5
Apply zoom blur yet again. Again, use zoom amount equal to 40.

STEP 6

If you cannot see the Layers palette, choose Window > Layers.

Duplicate the layer (Layers > Duplicate Layer).

STEP 7

On one layer use the "twist" effect with a twist amount of 20 and a quality of 5.

On the other layer do the same thing only instead of 20 for the twist, do -20:

STEP 8

On the top layer set the blending mode to "Difference". You can access the Blending Mode by choosing Layers > Layer Properties. Be sure you have the top layer selected!

STEP 9

Flatten the image (Image > Flatten).

STEP 10

Go to Adjustments > Curves and adjust the curve until you are happy with the result.

The adjustment made for this tutorial is shown below but you can choose what you like best.

STEP 11 (Optional)

You can try to invert the colours (Adjustments > Invert Colours) to see if you like that result best.

Note: This optional step is not part of the original tutorial.

STEP 12

You are done! Put your name in one of the corners.

This tutorial was taken from the following url:

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5883&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=rose+rose+fire+rose

The author’s name is unknown. The author’s alias is Shuff.

CREATIONS DONE BY STUDENTS

Mike Mainville – 2008

Curtis Hunter – 2010

Shanel Petretti – 2012
Using multi-colour dots (in Step 1) & Adjusments > Color Balance (at the very end).