Even if you're a 2D concept artist, it helps if you can make the complex shapes in 3D for use as references in your work. It can be difficult to get perspective correct...
A third way to generate horns would be to use repeated shapes along a spline, or some sort of cloning option as we see in programs like Blender, Cinema 4D, and Maya with MASH...
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