How do you make a graphic like this?

Hi, I'm fairly new to Photoshop 6. But, I have a lofty task I'd like to take on. Does anyone know a tutorial, or can anyone tell me how to make a graphic similar to the one at the top of this website?
www.getglobe.com

How do you make that swish type shape?
How do you get that chrome/glass looking texture?
How do you get the braiding effect?

Any other help would be appreciated.

getshelly

I probably posted this in the wrong forum, sorry. I'm new.

No, this section is fine, I made similar shape before (tentacle)

the shape is done with most likly Filter >> Distort >> Sheer

and I don't think that's a TEXTURE but works of airbrush and bevel effects? (Not really sure someone correct me)

You can find similar tut on this shape on
http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/tutorial.php?tutorial=tentacles

Good luck!

Someone moved my post to the appropriate forum. Thanks.

X-fusion - thanks for the tutorial. I didn't know that design was called tentacles, I kept calling it a "swish", and you can imagine what my search results were for "swish"....everything about the program Swish.

Thanks again, I'll try that and see if I get decent results.

Shelly

just look for photoshop tutorials in general. your questions are really common so odds are you'll stumble across appropriate tutorials by accident.

My tentacles don't look very smooth, but I will keep working on them. I started out with a triangle, then flipped it on it's side, then I used the filter>distort>twirl to bend the triangle. See what you think. Feel free to critique the rest of the site, although it's not anywhere near done.

http://www.getlaughs.com/