Christmas Card Designs
Once upon a time, when I wanted to send Christmas cards out to my friends and family, I would buy a box of blank cards, and hand draw each and every card that I wanted to send out.
Now that I have a job, and not a lot of free time I’ve decided on making a few designs, and getting them printed in short runs.
Below are this years batch, and once they come in, I will make a post with photos of the finished product.
They aren’t anything too spectacular, I was trying to go for something simple with a retro feel to them.
These images were all done in Photoshop with a modified gouache brush based on this one by Drew Green.
Doodles and Stuff
I’ve been posting a lot of my artwork, mostly small drawings and watercolors, to my tumblr page. If you are interested, please check it out at: http://davef85.tumblr.com/
Below are some of the drawings that I’ve done and felt were worthy to be posted here.
What’s to come?
Over the next few weeks I am going to be adding more to my portfolio and flesh things out a bit.
Also, I am going to start keeping up with this blog regularly and I already have a some ideas as to regular themed blog posts. Such ideas include:
- Weekly or monthly postings of art and design projects
- Tutorials, tips and tricks
- Custom Munny figures
- Product reviews
- Inspiration posts, where I post pictures and links to artists and designers who’s work inspires me
I’d also like to try running a contest or two to keep things fresh and exciting here. Nothing too major though, probably just some trivia, a web scavenger hunt or something like that.
Keep your eyes peeled!
Tools of the Trade
Here are a few of my favorite art supplies that I use most often.
I have linked these products to their pages at dickblick.com. Other great shops that I frequent at includeUtrecht and Jerry’s Artarama. Prices may vary between retailers so shop around. Also check to see if any of these retailers are in your area!
I’ll occasionally edit this post to add other great supplies as I find them.
