I cannot find a decent tutorial on making a tornado in PS. All the tutorials i can find look nothing like a tornado. Im thinking of the traditional cylinder that spirals into the sky from the ground. Not top down views of a background with twirl filter added.

Does anyone know how to create a tornado in PS?

If not ill just resort to finding a free external image of a tornado and implementing it into my background.

http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/special-effects/design-a-icy-vortex-with-flashy-stars.11289.html
I used this one ages ago nd did a little playing with the selection and I think I left out the glow effect but it did make me well what I thought was an of cyclone looking effect...but it was used far in the background and was not the focal point of the image.

I did have another one but cant find it will have a better look later for ya mate.

Thx a lot blurker. That helps as i can see where i can chop something out and fiddle around a bit and itll look like a tornado.

I once made a "flornado" (flower-tornado) using mostly just smudge and blur tools.

http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/90045/flornado.html

I remember just looking at lots of pictures of tornados as a reference.

I did this with just a soft airbrush set to scatter slightly.



Dodge and burn to add shape.

OH! I remember this entry! I loved it. Rash, why don't you enter anymore? Too busy?

Damnit, I am always going off topic

Showoff.

That's awesome.

I was about to say the exact same thing... SHOWOFF!!!

But i see flaws in there... there are no cows and cars in the sky... DETAILS REYSQUARED!!! IT´S ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS!!!!

I do not like ReyRey.

Nope.

Not one bit.

Hmph.


(bastard)

Holy crap 2Rey!

Thats awesome...but im still an amatuer at this...i dont think mine would have turned out quite like that if i tried it.

Thx 4 the help guys i think ill b able 2 manage it now