requirements: FX Foundry Amazing Circle preset: http://gimpfx-foundry.sourceforge.net/browse26/phillips-amazing-circles.html
Twist Plugin: http://registry.gimp.org/node/13221

First create a square fill of whatever texture you like and then run AC Script-fu:



Now offset x/2, y/2:



Now re-run AC Script-fu:

Tutorial Continued (since I don't want these images hosted separately).

Now run Twist plugin with the following settings:



Below's the result. Hope you all like.

Maybe toss in a perspective tilt for either the top and bottom, to increase/reduce either top or bottom wings...

Run radial blur on a copy, then smooth.

Toss on some wing patterns. (sort of lazy-like, lol).

Sweet! Thanks, Lyle.

Cool result Mahvin. Anyone else (including you Mahvin) with some additional ideas is definitely appreciated. Hope to see some more cool concoctions too.

I felt the radial blur could have been a little stronger, but I was testing, in a quick fashion. I tried finding wing patterns, (not actual wings) and didn't have much luck. I guess one could create their own patterns (dots, texture, etc).

Nice concept. Just add a little oblong body and some antenna and you've got a flutterby.

Used my hex lace pattern (ssp; for those who don't know what that means, it means shameless self promotion; lol) to create the wings then filled the inside part of the wings (actual wings on top layer) with various textures. Also did some distortions to get a different size for top and bottom wings. Also, am just too lazy to do that Tux. lol

That works.

OK Tux; this one's for you. lol

A flutterby just before he hits the windshield, haha.

Now that is just too cool Mahvin. lol

Shweeet.

Not going to show it, but change the vertical component of the 50% by 50% offset to 53% and the top wings will be larger when you re-run AC Script-fu. Just wanted to pass on that hint.

Very cool Lylejk
The first series of images remind me somehowof one of my favorite flip&mirror trick

it all looks lovely but alas I cannot even see any script there on that link...just the descriptive page and a couple of links, one of which led me to a list of scripts, but the AC one just led me back to this page again. So what am I doing wrong??

@ Akky

Look on the very top of the page close to the RIGHT top corner

LOL Duh me thanks PC!!

Hope to see some of your results too Pauline. Anyway, just playing with the offset ratios (65% this time) and got this Avatar Bird wing like result. lol

I cant use TWIST as its a Windows thing.

Not sure if anyone compiled this one for the MAC platform Pauline. I know for the experienced user it is child's play for Linux users (thought I'm not experienced to that degree in Linux myself). Not sure if anyone here is a MAC guru; maybe someone who is will help you out.