1 Start with a 40 sided star to create the design.
2 Copy (Control+C) and paste in front (Control+F) a new star. Chosoe the Scale tool and reduce by 80%. Change the colour to white.
3 Draw a circle in the middle of the star. Copy. Paste it in front. Reduce by 80%. Change the colour. Apply Pucker & Bloat at 27%.
4 Copy. Paste in front. Reduce by 70%. Change the colour to a darker one.
5 Make a 6-sided star. The star will have the Pucker and Bloat filter already applied to it. Press Control+G to group.
6 Change percentages, numbers, radius, etc with the same procedure. Make a variety of these designs. Also use Zig Zag on two items at a time.
7 Using Pucker and Bloat on a multi-sided polygon.
8 Now we have five designs to work with.
9 Drop them into the Symbols palette for safekeeping.
10 Set up a pattern like the one below.
11 Choose all the pieces and click Transform. You may have to do it twice or more. Open KPT Vector Effects and choose 3D Transform. We want the light source coming from above. Also, we want a medium extrusion. The Blackpoint should be set at medium.
12 Group all the pieces. Apply Warp Options>Fisheye.
13 Apply Inflate to the piece. Then apply Bulge. Reduce the size vertically to about half by dragging down on the bounding box.
14 Copy and paste the image into Photoshop. Use the Burn tool set at Highlight to create shadows. Make a circle the size of the artwork on a separate layer and drop it below. Then merge both layers.
Apply Bevel and Emboss at the settings below.
15 Apply a Lens Flare to the piece. Then duplicate the piece. Use the first layer of the item. Fill it with a dual coloured gradient such as yellow and blue. Add a Gaussian Blur to it. Use Transform to make the necessary size adjustment for more realism.
Finally, use the Elliptical Marquee tool to round out the shape. Create the circle on the paperweight layer, flip the circle by inverting it, and then delete. You may have to do this several times to make the piece more believable.
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