How do you make a Snowflake?

[Robyn Hughes]

i would make a layer of shapes in illustrator to look like one branch of a snowflake. copy and rotate that layer of shape 6 times. you get some really cool snowflakes.

robynh

[Jean Hauptman]

Robyn’s solution is a good one for better control.

This is an EZ hack I figured out last winter. The results are respectable:
In Illustrator make a star with star tool and apply zigzag filter.

A decent star to start would have around 8 radials and a small radius.
In zigzag, try both smooth and corner points. Each gives unique results.

[Scott Thomas]

I’ve always liked this site…
https://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/
You can save them out as EPS files!

[Jean Hauptman]

Wow, that is cool! One more way to avoid work!