Saturday, 20 October 2012

One down...

 
 

Well here is one collage finished. I still need to scan it into Photoshop and have a play around with the background and text, but I'll do that when all 5 collages are finished.
 I'm making the most of having a free Saturday-I've got my ipod on the go (I can't work in silence!) and everything spread out across my 'studio' (cough...bedroom). I'm aiming to finish another 2 collages today and the last 2 by tomorrow afternoon.

Thursday, 18 October 2012

It's that time of year...

OK, so it's that time of year again...well, almost...Christmas time! I know it seems a little early, but Greeting card companies have been designing and making their Christmas cards, wrapping paper etc from probably the beginning of the year, so in fact, I'm a little late!
I made Christmas cards last year and sold them at a vintage market in Cardiff town centre. It was a good experience, however the market was upstairs in a local bar and wasn't very well advertised, so unfortunately not many people knew about it. I've decided to go for a different approach this time, and see if local businesses will buy packs to sell on. I'm hoping this means that more people will see my designs...I can only try anyway.
So here I am, using my only free time after work, to try and get atleast 5 designs done by the end of the week. As you can see, I'm not lucky enough to have my own studio (yet...one day!) so have resorted to spreading out across my bedroom floor as usual...gosh it's a mess!

 
 
Here's a really rough sketch of an idea so far...

 
 
...and here it is in process!