4 Occasions, 4 Cards

During my first semester in my second year at university I got the opportunity to do a project of my own choosing. I chose to create four greeting cards for four different occasions. The occasions I chose where thank you, birthday, christmas and wedding. I also chose to create two e-cards to make my project digital, I made these cards in Adobe Flash using some Action Script 3.0 to control the actions. I had fun creating the cards however I feel that one of the cards is not to the best of my ability.

Thank You

Below is my thank you card that I designed. Overall I feel that I need to improve this card as I think it doesn't look as professional as the others. With this card I chose to limit the use of colour by only using three colours. This card is in the style of a dictionary entry which I created my own definition. I want to change the colour that I have used as I feel this makes the card look bland and boring compared to other cards being sold in card shops.

Thank You card

Birthday Card

Here is my birthday card that I created using a technique of line art from a magazine tutorial. I began by using my own photo that I took last May at West Wittering beach of the colour beach huts. I then used some filters to make image 2D with the lines being flatten and changing the outline to the colour black. After I coloured in each part of the photo, I did this by selecting individual parts then filling it with the similar colours of the original image. I chose this as a birthday card as I was passionate at aiming this card at males as I believe that cards that are on offer in the shops had similar themes of golf, cars or beer as the main image, I didn't feel this was appropriate as not all males have thess interest so I felt my card was acceptable as it didn't stereotype.

Birthday card

Wedding Card

I chose to design a wedding card as one of my family members is getting married this year which is going to be in Cornwall with the reception being held on the beach. The dress code is beach themed so this inspired me to create a beach themed card. I wanted the card to have subtle hints of love and marriage so when I send the card to them it will be personal. I created this card by sketching out the camper van then creating it in Adobe Illustrator with my Wacom tablet. This was the first time I used the tablet to create anything and was surprised how easy it was to use. Seeing as I am pleased with the card graphic I am not only going to send them the card but also have it printed on a canvas.

Wedding Card

Christmas Card

During my first year at university we had a project where we had to design a christmas card. On my Christmas card last year I designed a penguin in Adobe Illustrator, one of the first things I designed in that program. As I had fun using that software I wanted to create another card that featured another character. I am pleased with how the robin turned out although I did want some other characters featured on the card. I have previously designed a reindeer, penguin and snowman that could have gone on this card.

Christmas Card

Card Design

Tester and Cards

Recently I have sent two Thank You cards to both my grandparents. I came up with the idea to make my own using just plain cream card with the use of watercolour for the card design. Both of these card have a similar design but have a different range in colours. I tried to incorporate there favourite colours with the card being both professional and aesthetically pleasing.

Tester for Walk in a Field

The first card is called Clevedon Sunset which features the colours red, orange and yellow. It is influenced from my stay in Clevedon where I witnessed many sunsets. It is one of the best places in the UK to take a picture of last rays of the sun. This makes the seaside town perfect for any photographer wanting to capture a stunning sunset.

Clevedon Sunset

The second card is called Walk in a Field and is influenced by some fields by my house on a nice sunny day with no clouds in the sky. I chose to have a two toned blue sky with a green field in the foreground. I chose this design as the recipient of the card is into gardening. I thought the image on the card was very relaxing unlike Clevedon Sunset which has more energy. I am pleased with both designs as they are simple yet very sophicated.

Walk in a Field