techimoto

Master the art of creating a feather on your canvas.

1. create a new file, any size, this example
is 400×700, black background
now create a new layer, and create a white stribe on it as shown.

2.rotate canvas, apply filter —> stylize—> wind, from left to
right, repeat twice

then apply filter–>blur—> motion blur, distance 30pixel, angle
O degrees

3. rotate canvas to original position, pull the white stribe down to
the very bottom of the canvas, apply filter—> distort—> polar
coordinates

then move it back to the middle, delete the selected area shown below.

4. duplicate layer1, flip verticle, move to appropriate position. PS:
make sure there’s the white horizontal line in the middle like this

5. ctrl+ t , free transform it, you are almost there, then use distort
to make it look more realistic, if it doesnt look too good, you can use
smudge tool.

finally, you should have something like this