Creating Smoke

Creating smoke or mist with photoshop is a simple task. Follow these steps:

1. Draw a doodle - preferrably on its own layer with a black background.

2. To distort the image, use the liquify tool under the Filter menu. Play with the various options such as forward warp, pucker and twirl to distort the doodle.

3. Select Edit - Fade Liquify and set the opacity to 50% and apply.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have the desired effect of smoke or mist.