I designed a set of Easter cards for my family to send out this year. This was a very short project which took less than a day from start to finish. I knew there wasn't going to be anything groundbreaking created here as my mum had requested ‘just a nice normal Easter card’ so I used this as a chance to get back into using gouache paints. I chose a pale colour scheme appropriate for easter and worked hard to avoid using my usual black outlines as these might be too heavy for the occasion.
Self critique - the contrast between the line and fill is not strong enough. Some of the images are quite awkward to look at. In hindsight I could have inverted black outlines to white and then added colour to create a fresh and light aesthetic.
I can’t say these designs are my best work but I am continually proving to myself that I can work to a short deadline. If i’m honest I have been getting a little fed up with uni projects lately and was getting into a bit of a rut. It’s been nice to do something a bit different, play around and not worry too much about the outcome.
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