Step 5 - Side Flares Create another new layer (CTRL+Shift+N) and take out the 65px soft brush we used to create our vertical beam. On your new layer create three dots on the vertical part of your energy beam, one on the left and two on the right. Now take Smudge Tool and use the 27px splatter brush. Smudge these dots upwards as we did with the base of the energy beam. Your image should now look something like this.
