Postcard Promotional

Yep, she's back!

My agent recently requested each of us to send her 250 postcards so she could send them out for possible work. As soon as I received the email, I knew that this character was perfect.
My 3 little girls absolutely loved this character so much, when I designed her for the email blast; that I decided I would finish her for the postcard promotional. I based the character off of my oldest daughter Natalie, who is 9 years old. As for a lot of the elements in the room, I based the objects off of each of my girls belongings.
Every now and then while I was working on this piece, one of them would come up to me and say "hey that's my whatever." I love incorporating special little things like that in my work.
I am really happy with how everything turned out and hope that everyone who see's it feels the same.

Email Promotional

Every now and then, my agent ask me to participate in a group email blast.

This time she requested that each of us to create a 3x3 illustration of a characters head and shoulders. She said it could be human or animal, our choice.

As I looked through my files for inspiration, I noticed that I rarely draw girls, even though I have 3 daughters who fill my life with so much happiness.

As for the design, I had a lot of fun, just focusing on the face of the character. I wanted the image to look like a school photo. I created this piece using Photoshop CS5.

I hope you like it!

Target Mother's Day Greeting Card Series

Caterpillar Card:
Cover:

Inside:

Bird With Mailbox Card:
Cover:

Inside:

Hedgehog Card:
Cover:

Inside

I know this theme is a little girly but, hey...it's for Mother's Day. You can find this card series in all Target Stores.
I created the pieces using Adobe Illustrator, which is a big deal for me considering I self taught myself the program. Granted, the learning curve for illustrator is no where near as complex as Photoshops but, it still has it's difficulties. Learning Illustrator has been a goal for me for some time. I have always and still use Photoshop's Shape Layers/Paths for most of my work but, now that I have a good grasp on illustrator, I plan on using it when it makes the most sense for the job I am asked to do.
I hope everyone checks the card series out the next time they are at Target and that they enjoy them as much as I had creating them.