{"id":1725,"date":"2012-07-05T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T07:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natashabarr.com\/blog\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2019-05-08T22:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T12:36:38","slug":"a-birthday-card-for-mum-now-with-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/made-by-me\/a-birthday-card-for-mum-now-with-video\/","title":{"rendered":"A birthday card for Mum – now with VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mum’s birthday card<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My last card for a while but a special one at that. It was my Mum’s birthday a few weeks ago and this time I went back to my pattern drawing ways for a change ^_^.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea for this piece was actually inspired by a progress shot I took while drawing the design for the Lisa and Kim cards<\/a>. As I drew in the pattern design from each corner, I liked how the internal diamond shape began to emerge – ahh the wonders of Gestalt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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My original reference image from a WIP photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From this the idea evolved into flowing ‘water drops’ around a triangular shape with my copy in the middle. And from there I set to work! Because I drew the original sketch so large I couldn’t shrink it to a normal sized card that I could  easily trace so it ended up being a huge card\/image. I should’ve framed it or something instead :P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the process shots, as well as some video at the bottom of the post!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracing of my mockup<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Watercolour added<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Final card<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

All of this was shot with my laptop webcam so apologies for the low quality. The whole process took around an hour an a half, condensed down to four and a half minutes in the video. After watching this I’ve also come to realise just how badly I hold pens and pencils in my hand >_<. Anyway, hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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