‘Tis the Season …
[by Gail Mooney]
When my daughter was a young child she always used to draw a picture for our Christmas card. Most times they were quite abstract and if we hadn’t titled her illustrations and written a Christmas greeting, the receiver might not have known it was a holiday card at all. As she got older and her artistic ability improved, the cards became less abstract but still had the charm and the whimsy of a child.
Putting together these cards used to take a lot of time and wasn’t cheap. We had to bring the original drawings to a prepress house for scanning and printing. These days it’s a snap and I could get them done in house in less than a day’s time.
My daughter just graduated from college and is on her own now so we’ve had to come up with new ideas for holiday cards but to this day I still get comments from art directors who received those holiday cards so many years ago.
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That’s awesome gail, maybe I should put my two little elves to work before they get to old. I think I feel some Christmas drawings coming on! LOL!
Thanks for sharing such a great idea.
Super cute.
I wonder if Art buyers would find this cute from a 27 year old.
You know what I find so great is that. As a photographer you are always pushing and promoting your work. Whats great about this concept is that it shows that you are taking a break to spend time with your family and that’s something we all should be doing. I was just having a talk with my illustrator over why I wanted to do an illustration card over a photo one.
Thanks for posting
Happy Holidays