Today began finals week... so of course I've been procrastinating all weekend. I downloaded the free trial for Adobe Illustrator and proceeded to become obsessed with how to draw snowflakes. I guess you could say I was studying design principles hands-on! Lol.
Did you know what this guy, Wilson Bentley, photographed over 5000 different snowflakes? He was a farmer around the turn-of-the-(previous)-century who was fascinated by the different shapes they make. Nearly all snowflakes are six-sided (occasionally some are eight-sided), but every one grows differently due to the rate of moisture in the air around them, etc. Pretty amazing!
Anyway... I then found a sweet tutorial online for how to hand-draw snowflakes. My brain was having trouble being creative drawing lines into snowflakes in Illustrator, but hand-drawing really seemed to break open my imagination! I was going to upload some of my own drawings, but my scanner was freaking out, so you'll just have to trust me that they turned out pretty cool!
Did you know what this guy, Wilson Bentley, photographed over 5000 different snowflakes? He was a farmer around the turn-of-the-(previous)-century who was fascinated by the different shapes they make. Nearly all snowflakes are six-sided (occasionally some are eight-sided), but every one grows differently due to the rate of moisture in the air around them, etc. Pretty amazing!
Anyway... I then found a sweet tutorial online for how to hand-draw snowflakes. My brain was having trouble being creative drawing lines into snowflakes in Illustrator, but hand-drawing really seemed to break open my imagination! I was going to upload some of my own drawings, but my scanner was freaking out, so you'll just have to trust me that they turned out pretty cool!
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