Explosion Effect

Today we will draw an explosion. It takes few minutes for this effect, but the result of this work impresses. Let’s begin.

Step 1.

Create a new picture with the size of 800X600 pixels and with black background. Press D button for setting colours, and then press X button for replacing them. Cover drawing by Radial Gradient Tool at will.

Step 2.

Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N). Apply the filter Clouds (Filter > Render > Clouds) one time and Difference Clouds (Filter > Render > Difference Clouds) two times. Set Blending Mode layer with clouds on Color Dodge.

Step 3.

Apply function Hue/Saturation (Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation) with the meanings: Hue: 30, Saturation: 50, Lightness: 40 to your layer.

Step 4.

Besides you can get the impressive tongues of flame using this effect. Apply such meanings in action 3 in Hue/Saturation: Hue: 30, Saturation: 50, Lightness: 0.