How to Create Imagined Maps and Psychedelic Marbled Art

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Heya steemians. Tonight, or today depending on where you are, I'll share some of my photo hacking secrets.

Check these out:

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I'm going to show you, step by step, the process for making those images ^^

So first of all, you're going to need an app called Mirror Lab. I have it on android and I hope it's available on iphones as well.

So step 0: Get that app. You need the pro version, it's a tiny investment and totally worth it if you'd like to create art on your phone or tablet.

Step 1: Head over to your favorite royalty free image site, or of course you can use your own photos. What we're looking for is a picture with lots of blue in it. That's gonna be the water in the images.

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I chose that middle image. Go ahead and download one you like.

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Step 2: Open it up in Mirror Lab. First thing you're gonna do is crop it to create a square, choose 1:1 and crop away.

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Step 3: Once cropped, go into the concentric effect tab.

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Choose "circle". This gives the image the topographical lines that make the final piece look like a map.

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Click the checkmark and,

Step 4: Under the presets tab on the far left, the lil wand icon, there is a "marbled" option.

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Mess with it by zooming in and out, find that sweet spot and click the checkmark.

Step 5: Go back into the presets tab,

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find the effect called "vivid" towards the far right.

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This creates a square cut out and ups the saturation a bit making the colors really vibrant.

Save the image and boom that's it.


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Here's the process again for the 2nd image:

Step 1. Find an image with blue and download it.

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Step 2: Crop into a square

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Step 3. Apply concentric circle effect to create the topographical lines.

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Step 4. Under presets tab, choose "marbled".

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Step 5. Go back into the presets tab. Find the "vivid" effect

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Click the checkmark, save the image and boom.


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So there you have it, a simple process to create vibrant psychedelic map art. I hope you enjoyed it and if you create your own, drop them in the comments. I'll give you a 100% vote, I want to see what you can create.

That's it, for now.

Infinite Lovewaves Steemit :)

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