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.

I really admired the image to which you refer so I emailed the artist and asked if he might consider sharing how he made the snow.  Here's his response:

This Tree was a present from Jan Walter Schliep (Walli) well known as a modeller at cornucopia. We sometimes change our models or work as betatester for other modeller friends.
The snow roof, I created with SILO, a good subdivision Proggie. Its a modelling program.