A Work in Progress: Snowflake Brissar



This guide was made for entry:
Snowflake Brissar
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snowflake


step 1 of 6

I wanted to make sure I had the right brush to stroke the paths with, I customised a simple 4 point star to get the effect I wanted.

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Step 1

step 2 of 6

Using a octagon pen tool I drew some random shapes.[On the left.] Then using the warp tool I made these into a more attractive spire.

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Step 2

step 3 of 6

Duplicated and rotated.

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Step 3

step 4 of 6

Duplicating, Rotating and a bit of flipping horizontally.

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Step 4

step 5 of 6

Added some drop shadow, outer glow, very subtly, textured. Duplicated the whole thing. Played with lighting etc.

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Step 5

step 6 of 6

Threw 4 small randomly rotated flakes behind and applied a Gaussian blur, and done.

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Snowflake Brissar: Final Result

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