Create another layer below the White Bands layer and call this Bands.
Set the Foreground colour to white or a light buff colour, and the Background colour to a darker buff colour.
Select one of the Grass brushes. Adjust the brush settings as follows: Shape dynamics - size jitter 50%, minimum diameter 10%, angle jitter 100%. Colour dynamics - Foreground / Background jitter 100%, Hue jitter 15%.
Paint with the Grass brush in the blank bands between the White Bands and the Poles.
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Use the Motion Blur filter with an angle of 0 and distance of 999.
Offset the image right by half the width of the image.
In the Brush settings, reduce the Foreground / Background jitter to 50%.
Repaint the band with the brush, concentrating the painting in the center of the band.
Use the Motion Blur filter with an angle of 0 and distance of 999.
Offset the image right by half the width of the image.
In the Brush settings, reduce the Angle jitter to 0% and the Foreground / Background jitter to 25%.
Repaint the band with the brush, concentrating the painting in the center of the band.
Use the Motion Blur filter with an angle of 0 and distance of 999.
Offset the image right by half the width of the image.
Use the Motion Blur filter with an angle of 0 and distance of 100.
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Apply the Distort > Ocean Ripple filter with a ripple size of 12 and a ripple magnitude of 3.