Check this out, I followed a pretty cool tutorial which showed some simple tricks in Photoshop to get some very cool effects.
Basically, you create a bunch of lines, twist them all around (“warp” transform), toss on some Outer Glow, draw a bunch of crazy dots all over the place, and toss a glow on those as well.
dynamic parameters on paintbrush
Kind of surprised I never tried this particular sort of style myself. It’s so straightforward and almost “obvious”, but I don’t usually make this kind of abstract stuff. I also had no clue Photoshop had a “scattering” setting for the paintbrush, or other “Dynamics”, as they are called (see image on right). One of the downsides of having used Photoshop for years and years is I sometimes don’t notice the new features, and end up working within limitations that are no longer present! 
So, below you can see the result of my work. Pretty cool if you ask me! Has a very fibreoptic-like feel, but also quite ethereal or space-like. Kind of cyberpunk, like something you might see in the visual effects in Ghost in the Shell or the like. Total matrix/cyberspace ambience for sure. Wooo!
Check it:
If you’d like, feel free to favorite it on Flickr where I posted it for anyone to view or download.
It’s conveniently sized at 1280 x 800 pixels for anyone who would like to use it as a wallpaper. After some popular demand, I’ve made all different sizes, even though I think the largest sizes start to show some of the pixelization of the lines around the middle of the graphic. No big deal though. Choose your preferred desktop size:
Also, for anyone on iPhone, here’s a special iPhone-sized version of the wallpaper:
If you’ve designed these sort of graphics before, feel free to link your own images! I’d love to see similar works by other people around the world.
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looks sweet.
1024×600 wallpaper plz.