Illustrator is a very powerful tool - the things that can be accomplished with such simple starting shapes is unbelievable. This little demonstration makes perfect use of some of the advanced tools available in Photoshop in order to create an extraordinary shape - our simple starting point - a 26 point star
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/db8dfa80552407.5ce473f988822.png)
Add an additional duplicate star in the middle and round off edges
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/18eefe80552407.5ce473f9890f2.png)
Time for some gradients
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/e8d9a680552407.5ce473f988e42.png)
Blending Effect in Illustrator
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/160fa380552407.5ce473f9892dc.png)
Pucker & Bloat/Roughen Effects in Illustrator
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/fb92e380552407.5ce473f988c3e.png)
Beautiful colors...Now time for photoshop
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/10bef680552407.5ce473f9896c9.png)
Decided to change the overall hue after all effects were applied. Here is the result
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/47b57380552407.5ce473f9885c2.png)
Our final result!
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/0489cc80552407.5ce473f98814d.png)