How to create coloured smoke effect for logo

Question

I'd like to recreate the effect used in this picture. How can I do this in Photoshop?

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It's an illustration more than anything. While the effect is part of it, the actual implementing of the illustration is likely 90% of the challenge here.
I voted down this question because there's like gazillion tutorials about smoke that can be found with 3 seconds of googling "photoshop smoke tutorial" and then theres the obvious, brushes. ( Granted that it has some watercolor'ish feature's, but still )

Jack · Answer 1 · 2012-01-06 05:46:08Z

There are several ways to achieve this effect you can get such brushes in-case you need them..

Hope this will help

Scott · Answer 2 · 2012-01-06 00:24:06Z

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I suspect the original author simply used the liquify command on a stock image (or lifted image) of actual smoke.

Then simply apply a gradient overlay for color.

answered Jan 6 '12 at 0:24

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Douglas Orchard · Answer 3 · 2012-01-09 00:52:43Z

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Looks like a photo of smoke, mirrored with a gradient colour overlay.

answered Jan 9 '12 at 0:52

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