Quote - See this image - I'm trying to figure out how the artist got those snow blobs on the leaves/branches....is he eco'ing rocks/metablobs?  Referring to the trees in the foreground.

If you look close enough it appears to be 1 tree slightly rotated a bit and resized per instance, so just as a guess, I would say he modeled this tree to look like that and I might add did a Fantastic job of it!!!
Also, look at the trees in the background, especially the tops. I think there is only 1 or 2 trees there as well!!! Just my 10 cents worth, thats 2 cents adjusted for inflation.

I would rather be Politically Incorrect,
Then have Politically Correct-Incorrectness!!!