Making abstract wallpaper

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Learn how to create blue abstract wallpaper for your desktop

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Now use Filter > Distort > Polar coordinates menu option to make concentric illustration. Polar Coordinates converts a selection from its rectangular to polar coordinates, and vice versa, according to a selected option. You can use this filter to create a cylinder anamorphosis — an art form popular in the 18th century — in which the distorted image appears normal when viewed in a mirrored cylinder. ;)

Do right-click on layer (if you don’t see layer panel press F7 to turn it on) and select Select transparency from drop-down menu. Select Edit > Transform > Distort menu option and use right-top control point to add 3D effect by moving it on left.

Go to Image > Image size menu option and set image’s dimensions to 1000 x 1000.
Use Select > Select all menu and Copy (CTRL + C) and paste it in first document (select first document and press CTRL + P).

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Reduce layer’s transparency to 20%
Duplicate it 5 times by right-clicking and selecting Duplicate from drop-down menu.

Select first and use Edit > Transform > Rotate to spin it to 60 decreases.
With second set 120 decreases, third 180. 4th, 5th: -60, -120.

With Text tool add your signature at the right-top and select Flatten image from Layers menu, and that’s it
Final result:

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