Cut out the A and added some glow and colour. It was three layers with different blurs to get the desired glow. Colour was an overlay layer.
step 3 of 6
created white stripes on a new layer, filled white with "fibres" and used p0olar coordinates to make radial beams
step 4 of 6
mask and colour
step 5 of 6
Using my own bubble brush from many moons ago. Sorry but i dont have a step by step for making this but you can find tuts all over the web for making your own brushes from your own images.
Brush was used with shape dynamics to scatter and randomize.