{"id":83,"date":"2011-04-20T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T11:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2019-05-08T23:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:02:54","slug":"make-me-a-birthday-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/art\/make-me-a-birthday-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Make me a Birthday Card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Happy
Birthday Card!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Whenever I get the chance and there’s enough time, I always try to make cards for people’s birthdays. For me, making one is a little more personal than a standard Hallmark card and it also gives me an excuse to practice drawing. On Sunday it was my Nan’s birthday and I wanted to make a card that tested my skills a bit more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Combined
Examples of Previous B’day Cards<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the past, I’ve based the cards around numbers (people’s age) or based them on the occasion (e.g. heart for an anniversary with the boyfriend). Since I didn’t want to put my Nan’s age on the  front, I decided to go with a typography card that used the same pattern work that I used for the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Original
Original Sketch – errors and all<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My original sketch was done on a bus ride home. I was pretty happy with my first attempt so when I got home, I inked it and scanned it in. Usually I make my cards by hand (obvious from the earlier cards with lots of little errors) but because the type was un-even and needed some fixes, I decided that it would be best to finish it off in Photoshop and then print it onto some nice paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After cleaning up the image and aligning the letters, it was time to add colour. I think I went through about 10 colours choices before finally settling on orange and yellow. I don’t usually have a background on my work but I thought the work needed something more. Choosing the colour for this was another debacle, but I finally made a decision on blue (favoritism much ;)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here’s the final card!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Front
Final card<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Card
On side<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Detail
Detail of the Card Design and Texture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was worried about putting the textured paper through the printer, thinking the colour would soak in and spread terribly, however I was actually surprised it came out and looked fine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographing also gave me the chance to use my new lens<\/a> :D! I had some fun with it, though I don’t think the lighting was that ideal so the colours got a little lost on the card. I used both lenses to get some close ups of the detail as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I only started making cards recently (December last year) so hopefully I’ll be able to make a lot more this year. I always try and make each card unique too so we’ll see how creative I get with them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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