Step 1

Create a new document sized 470px * 330px, fill the background with black color. Create a new layer
called baseline and grab a big white brush with 0% hardness, do a single-click on this new layer:

Hit Ctrl + T and enable the free tranform tool:

Compress this dot with the free transform tool, make sure you hold the Alt key while drag the top
edge:

Reduce the layer opacity of this baseline layer to around 60%, you will have the following effect:

Step 2
Duplicate this baseline layer once. On the duplicated layer, again we use the free-tranform tool to scale
it to a smaller size, and position it to the place as shown below:

Grab a smaller soft white brush, and do a few single-clicks along the baseline for some variety:

Step 3
Ok lets make a new brushset. Hit F5 and bring up the brush window, apply the following brush
presets:
Shape Dynamics

Other dynamics:

Make sure to tick the airbrush, smoothing and protect texture settings. Save the brushset if you
wish.
Then use the Pen Tool, draw a work path as shown below:

Hit Ctrl + Shift + N and create a new layer called abstract lines, right-click and choose Stroke
Path:

Make sure you tick the Simulate Pressure on the new window:

and here is the effect you will have:

Step 4
On this abstract line layer, apply the following Motion Blur settings:

Hit Ctrl + F and re-apply this blur effect a few more times, and you will have following effect:

Use the free transform tool to scale it as shown below:

For variety, we can duplicate this abstract line layer a few more times, and scatter them around the
baseline:

We can also add some highlights to the abstract line by duplicate the baseline layer a few times, and
drag the duplicated layers to the top, resize each of them to smaller sizes and rotate them 90 degree
clockwise: (increase the opacity to around 90% for the duplicated layers)

Step 5
To fine-tune the image, we can add the following adjustment layers to the image:
Curves

Color Balance



Levels

To add some particle effect around the lines, we can use the smart sharpen filter: (settings shown below,
make sure you flatten the layers first)

and this is the final effect I have for this tutorial: