# "The Vortex" **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [August 30, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753 "2003-08-30T10:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BBatPA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@BBatPA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BBatPA)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/1 "2003-08-30T10:08:15Z")
I was playing with PS tonight while my brain was spinning about what to do for the Photo Editing Battle. :crazy: So, between my searches for images and ideas here is what transpired…Comments are welcome…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/2 "2003-08-30T10:19:58Z")
pretty cool, but somebody i know has made almost the exact same thing… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/3 "2003-08-30T10:27:44Z")
That’s scary…to think somebody else’s brain works like mine.(-: Maybe I should add to it. Glad you liked it though…thanks…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/4 "2003-08-30T10:33:56Z")
I can see an obvious use of polar coordinates 😛 But I like it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/5 "2003-08-30T10:35:42Z")
What gave that away…:sigh: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/6 "2003-08-30T10:38:39Z")
Those lines being sucked into the middle bottom of the image. Not that I don’t like it, I just recognized it =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/7 "2003-08-30T10:43:52Z")
That was sarcasm in the post before…😉 Next time I’ll be sure to put… [SIZE=3][COLOR=red]_ **SARCASM ALERT** _[/COLOR][/SIZE] before…:thumb: 😏 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/8 "2003-08-30T13:43:10Z")
I like it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/9 "2003-08-30T13:48:46Z")
There are sarcasm tags For that :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/10 "2003-08-30T14:00:55Z")
> \*Originally posted by Soul \* > \*\*There are sarcasm tags For that :thumb: \*\* Yeah, how could I know ? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/11 "2003-08-30T14:11:49Z")
thats cool :thumb: was there an origanal photo?cause you said something about a photo manip, if so can we see it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/12 "2003-08-30T14:22:10Z")
now I see what the polar coordinates are good for… Great pic man! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/13 "2003-08-30T14:46:21Z")
GREAT JOB! Only one thing… maybe tone down the text filters a bit … jMkM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/14 "2003-08-30T16:22:30Z")
I don’t like the text or the swirl in the middle. It would be better if the lines where beeing pulled into that center swirl like a black hole effect. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-vortex/29753/15 "2003-08-30T23:37:43Z")
> \*Originally posted by [mdipi.com](http://mdipi.com) \* > \*\*was there an origanal photo?cause you said something about a photo manip, if so can we see it? \*\* It was done with brushes and layer styles :edit: [COLOR=red]AND [/COLOR]Polar Coordinates 😉 :/edit: in PS…all original no pics were used…'cept for the “waves” I made that in Fireworks by: 1. using the pen tool make a curved line 2. Convert to Symbol 3. add an “offset” instance 4. Shift+select both instances 5. Modify\>Symbol\>Tween Instances 6. Convert to Symbol 7. Ctrl+Shift+D…(clone) 8. Flip Horiz Here is the revised version: