A Spiral was the start for this image!

A spiral generated by Inkscape was the start of this image.

Then I added a braided ring and joined those two objects.

Next step filters! The latest version of Inkscape has a filter called Dark edges  which I used over another called Felt. Have fun experimenting with these two to create your own texture effects!

BE TEST

I've been testing one of my favorite decorative fonts again!

The word BE in Angelic War.

Every single one of these 8 variants were created in inkscape an open source SVG editor which has an option to bmp and png file format  files.

Have you tried Inkscape yet?