Challenge: How to create a realistic looking "vaccuum" effect

[Steve Newport]

This was harder than I thought it would be!

Steve Newport

[Ross Macintosh]

Provocative thread guys! I very much like how this challenge has made people put on their thinking caps.

Milton - my first impression of your 'twister' logo was favorable. Thinking about it more I'm slightly critical of how your twister appears to have a cap instead of being a hollow funnel. The grey shape at the top isn't working for me. It seems to me you should be able to see the yellow & blue bands inside the twister.

Another way of emphasising the tornado could be to have a 'path' torn through the first few letters. If you can't visualize that approach please advise and I'll try to develop the idea further.

Regards, Ross

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[lau3]

Hi,

Thanks you all for taking time to give me your feedback. Ross, thanks for the heads on making the spinner bettter. Here is a hollowed-out spinner.

Milt

[mckinney]

I'm not the artist that many of this forum's participants are, but here's my attempt at the twister challenge using the clone, mould (or mold - depending upon where you read about it in the program), transparency, and blend tools. I attempted to keep a balance between the distortion of the text and readability and may have left it a bit too readable for maximum suction effect, but you get the idea....

- Pete