denironaut Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I've decided to experiment and try to design a range of Christmas cards. This is my first offering! I just wanted to create something fun and fresh looking, please tell me what you think.. Thanks Craig. peter, MattP, specworkfan and 3 others 6 Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Very cute! Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 *Very* nice ... and looking at the calendar you seem to me a very foresightful person ... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Thanks guys, @A_B_C yes matey, a little early, I plan to create a few dozen designs, I read somewhere that publishers choose that years designs in springtime so if any of these get published it will be Christmas 2016! peter and A_B_C 2 Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 4, 2015 Staff Share Posted April 4, 2015 Beautiful style. I see some influence from your Star Wars artwork here, which i also liked a lot. Thanks for sharing. Looking for the next one :) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 It's still Easter! Should I give you an Eggy? Yes for the talent, No for the timing LOL. How many shopping days left? Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 @MEB, Thank you! You're right I drew a lot of influence from the star wars image, I'm happy you like the style. @Peter, Cheers! I know terrible timing sorry about that! Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniemcbride Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Always full of style.Nice job denironault. Getting a head start on Christmas huh... Quote LEARN AFFINITY DESIGNER TODAY. Follow me on twitter:@mixmediasalad or WATCH my FREE Youtube Channel Content Also check out my Affinity Designer Essential course on Lynda.com or Affinity Designer UX tools course and get a 30-day FREE!! trial to Lynda.com entire LIbrary by clicking this link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustRob Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Like ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Well as Tom Lehrer said you can never be TOO early for Christmas (Oh wait, he was talking about writing and plugging Christmas carols . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw ;) Nice looking card design. Will you put text inside the card, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Thank you gentlemen! @penwiper, not really thought about what would be written inside the card, at the moment this is just an experiment to see if I can create artwork good enough to be sold to a publisher. Tom Lehrer you say? I learn something new everyday! Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRScott Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Denironaut, nice Christmas Card drawing. Quote Gregg OS X Version 10.14.6 iMac 27" 3.2 GHz i5- 32 GB Huion Kamvas Pro 20 iPad Pro 12.9" IOS 13 AD = OS IOS, AP = OS IOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thank you gentlemen! @penwiper, not really thought about what would be written inside the card, at the moment this is just an experiment to see if I can create artwork good enough to be sold to a publisher. Tom Lehrer you say? I learn something new everyday! Santa nose what to get you...but only if you are good. Oh deer! Christmas is here already! Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 @peter, always good matey! Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specworkfan Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 First, I really like this style. It's well done.Only improvement I see would be that the stars are manually done, and a little thick. The human mind is a terrible random number generator. I might make a custom brush of star shapes, and play around with it.The piece is quite symmetrical in the foreground, with some asymmetry in the shading and boxes. Keeping that tone with the stars seems to be counterproductive, because then your focus goes everywhere. If the stars are slightly more natural, then the focus comes on the important part. Lighting of nose is perfect, it makes the lighter left side of the piece make sense. That's good, as is the gradient of sky. All principles of good composition followed with light to dark areas. That's probably why stars jumped out at me so much. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thanks specworkfan. I think your'e right about the stars, strange how we don't notice these things until others point it out! Thanks again. Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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