Snowman with falling snow - Guest Tutorial

Step 10:

Snowman`s hands/branches:
I`ll use the Line Tool (U) to draw the branches (you have the freedom to do it exactely how you like it). Here are the settings:

Step 11:

Add a hill - with the Eliptical Marquee Tool (M) and fill it with White then make the shadow and fill it with #c7c7c7:

Step 12:

Falling Snow Effect:
Before i`ll start animating flakes let me improve a little bit what i`ve done here. First of all apply these Blending Option settings to the snow (snowman and what i called 'hills'):







For animation - make a new layer on the top of the other layers and fill it with Black (#000000). Filter -> Noise



Then, Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur (Radius = 1.5 px)

Then, Levels (Ctrl+L):



Then set the layer on Screen Mode





Repeat these steps as much as you want changing the noise amount to 71%, 72%, 73% and so on.

Save each frame as frame1, frame2, frame3 .... and import them in Adobe ImageReady:



The final image:

Step 13:

Optional, you can add a snow ball. Using Eliptical Marquee Tool (M) and these settings: