{"id":1516,"date":"2012-03-08T23:57:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natashabarr.com\/blog\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2019-05-08T22:41:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T12:41:30","slug":"new-march-birthday-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/made-by-me\/new-march-birthday-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"New March Birthday Cards!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Surprise! Early March Cards<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Well I wasn’t expecting to be posting about cards this early in March but things have a way of turning what you say around ^^;. After posting about the last couple of cards, a friend of mine asked me to create not one but TWO new pieces for an upcoming birthday party. How could I refuse a friend’s request ^_^?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a really short turn around to create and send off these cards. My friend liked the 22 star illustration I did last february<\/a> and wanted something similar. I try to not do the same thing twice so instead of just copying the old one, I sketched out a concept for a diamond shape with pattern work around the outside. The cards also needed the birthday girls’ names included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Original Sketches<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I spent the next morning drawing out the main pattern during work breaks. Since I needed to turn these out quickly, I decided I would do the same pattern for both but colour them differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original pattern and first tracing – my hand ended tracing this same pattern 4 times over, maybe I should’ve done something more simple ^^;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Second Tracing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Simple cursive work with some pattern flourishes for the names. These were then scanned, resized and traced<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ready for some colour!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo doesn’t really do these colours justice!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My hand was really cramping up by this point but I stuck to it for my favourite part – inking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finished!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The final cards came out great, they arrived on time and they seemed to go down pretty well ^_^. I’m kinda chuffed with myself about the typography for the names as well, they turned out much better than I anticipated. Another card to do this week and then I think my wrist will need a break for a bit ^^;;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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