Christmas card 2014

Posted Feb 22, 2016, 11:27:23 PM UTC

This is the Christmas card design I've used for the last couple of years to send to friends and family. I wanted to do one dedicated to my family for this one, and and every year we share what people have been doing during the year with gifts, being told to the family by a letter from a Blackbird. In this picture, I have the local version of the Blackbird to me, the Australasian Blackbird, a solid black bird with a glossy coat, and a very dark orange- nearly red bill, and gold rimmed eyes. It's a very pretty bird, and we see them EVERYWHERE here so the children are kept on their toes keepign an eye out incase the family may find out about them being naughty XD

The tree that the bird is sitting on is the New Zealand Christmas tree, the Pohutakawa. IT's a very beautiful tree that blooms in time for Christmas, and has beautiful green and red colours. Our Christams occurs in summer, so I like to make my own cards cause a winter Christmas  doesn't represent Christmas for me, and it's sad taht there are very few summer options for our hemisphere. 

Sorry this is a late post! I thought I had already posted this here!

Media- Copic Sketch markers, polychromos coloured pencil, and white pen for detailing.

Post a comment

Please login to post comments.

Comments

  • Feb 25, 2016, 8:55:01 AM UTC
    that is awesome work as usual for you !
    • Feb 26, 2016, 3:13:33 AM UTC
      Thank you Smile It's funny cause I rarely draw birds. I guess the fundamental base set up of a bird is the same as a human, so once you can do one, the other isn't so hard TuT I had a lot of fun making this I remember. Copics are a fun medium to work with. Had to take photos and shrink it a lot to see if it read well as a card too which was important, cause I started off with too much detail, and it looked cancerous when shrunk XD IT was a very popular card though Big Smile I'm going to sell my excess stock at a convention this year Smile
      • Mar 1, 2016, 8:41:31 PM UTC
        I really like your style , I wish i had more free time so I could work on more time consuming pieces like that , but my schedule only leaves time for quick projects . May be in a few more years when the kids are out and we are empty nesters I will be able to find the time to develop my skills as you have! Smile
        • Mar 2, 2016, 10:23:02 PM UTC
          Thank you Smile That's a difficult subject. If I don't have energy to draw, art rarely happens at all. Just know that you're still an artist, and not drawing gallery inspiring art don't de-value your worth. It's been hard for me to wrap my mind around not always doing challenging art, but what ever you do when you don't have the energy is important too, cause it keeps the movement going.

          In otherwords, try not to be hard on yourself for not being able to make complex art. I have been and it's not healthy. Make sure you eat and sleep right, and if you still can't draw, then atleast you're healthy which is the most important thing Smile

          I hope you'll get time to push your art skills some day soon Smile It's always really nice to see your art improve Smile In the mean time- I'm happy that you enjoy my art TuT It means a lot to me to know that I aspire people to grow with their art Smile Yes
  • Feb 23, 2016, 10:12:48 PM UTC
    Lovely color contrast and feather details. Smile
    Marker/colored pencil mix sounds like a fun combination to work with. Smile
    • Feb 24, 2016, 2:45:22 AM UTC
      It is Big Smile Markers are very flat and unemotional with out it to me now Smile the pencil texture brings it out so much