snapshots and observations

Thursday 6 December 2012

whitfield christmas card 2012








as you may know, i always make my own christmas cards.

http://markwhitfieldphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/limited-edition-whitfield-xmas-cards.html

http://markwhitfieldphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/last-christmas.html

http://markwhitfieldphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/making-xmas-cards.html


usually i just draw onto a piece of card but this year i've embraced
the digital age and drawn onto a piece of paper, scanned it in to my
mac, and messed about with it using photoshop.

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the first sketch. in biro onto a postcard








2
when i thought it might be a good idea to use a bit of colour








3
using a felt-tip pen and a ruler








4
after scanning in the felt-tip / ruler effort, i dumped some colour onto it.








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and this is how it stands at the moment.

i toyed with the idea of putting a yellow halo around the baby jesus
and also around mary's head.

i thought about giving crowns to the three wise blokes too.

i as also advised to make the star "star-shaped" instead of square.

plus there's usually some livestock involved in this scene...
should i put some animals on the left ?

any ideas ?

let me know soon as i'm going to have to get these lads knocked out in the
next couple of days.

season's greetings and all that.







8 comments:

  1. Maybe just turn the 'star' round to make it a diamond?

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    1. good call stoo. if anybody knows, stoo knows. i'll give it a try.

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  2. 1. Mary's height is concerning me
    2. Not sure they had multi-storey 2000 years ago.
    3. Access to the multi-storey stable is going to prove challenging
    4. The first wise man has stole the third’s gift.

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    1. 1. hmmm... she does look a bit small, but she does have child bearing hips
      2. me neither. what are you talking about ?
      3. the stable is beige, the brown bit is the roof. the door is around the back
      4. how do you work that out ?

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  3. an off set animal wld be perfect!

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  4. cubic minimalism - i love it. maybe a few square lambs might be nice, but it could really do with an 'n7' in there somewhere..

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    1. cheers don,

      i might try putting some cubic livestock on the left.
      there is always some reference to n7 on the back of my cards.

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