Artproject: New Year's Cards 2016/2017
Now that Easter eggs have shown up in the office's candy bowls (WTF?), I figured it was time to finally clean up my Christmas (and Birthday) decorations... which reminded me I was going to post a Making Of of my New Year's cards. I hope all of them have arrived now, so this post is spoiler-free;) If you didn't get a card, consider this my best wishes for 2017, we all still need those, right? *hugs everyone tight*
I really wanted J3 to be a part of my card, so I started by putting them together (there's a bonus GIF of the photoshop manipping at the end;) The papercut idea I had in my head turned out to be too complicated, so I had to experiment a little with how to feature the guys.
I had seen a card with a zero flipping around and I wanted to build on that design, so I got a piece of paper and tested sizes en folding options. I didn't make photos of that process, but you can see the result in the first photo:
The red card is my fiddle fold, a rough set up of the idea. The white paper is the final digital version I made in Illustrator. I meant to cut the guys' shapes out of paper, but that turned out to be too complicated with too many details for the amount of cards I wanted to make.
While I was thinking about other ways to portray them, I moved along with the rest of the card.
The first test cut: this paper is purple on one side and white on the other, which creates a lovely effect.
Playing with markers to test the addition of another colour.
Because I can't write on the glossy purple side, I try to find a different solution to add text.
The printed purple cracks when folded, so I choose a glittering white paper instead and plan to find a way to add colour later. I make another effort to visualize J3, but am not happy with the result.
Frustrated with the guys, I play with silhouettes shapes. It's fun to try and make them kiss, but I can't figure out the perfect fold for it to work and I still need to add colour and I'm running out of time... PANIC!
Then I finally get the right brainwave on how to add the guys AND colour: if I make one extra cut, I can attach a coloured cut out!
Plus this way I can also use the base for my not-fandom family, because I can simply stick in a rectangle piece with just text for their edition.
Finally happy with the execution, I make a plastic cover/mask to help cut all the cards; this way I can cut about three at the same time
I still have to do individual adjustments, but it works a lot faster than one at the time *grins*
After that, it's just a matter of shoving in a print-out of the guys and writing Gelukkig Nieuwjaar (Happy New Year!)
Here's a rough step by step of how I made Jeff snuggle up to Jensen and Jared.
The End.
With this art-project rounded up, I can really start to focus on extra artwork for the Reverse Bang. My darling author sinfulslasher is treating me to drafts and I'm trying to decided on the perfect medium to accompany the story...
J.
I really wanted J3 to be a part of my card, so I started by putting them together (there's a bonus GIF of the photoshop manipping at the end;) The papercut idea I had in my head turned out to be too complicated, so I had to experiment a little with how to feature the guys.
I had seen a card with a zero flipping around and I wanted to build on that design, so I got a piece of paper and tested sizes en folding options. I didn't make photos of that process, but you can see the result in the first photo:
The red card is my fiddle fold, a rough set up of the idea. The white paper is the final digital version I made in Illustrator. I meant to cut the guys' shapes out of paper, but that turned out to be too complicated with too many details for the amount of cards I wanted to make.
While I was thinking about other ways to portray them, I moved along with the rest of the card.
The first test cut: this paper is purple on one side and white on the other, which creates a lovely effect.
Playing with markers to test the addition of another colour.
Because I can't write on the glossy purple side, I try to find a different solution to add text.
The printed purple cracks when folded, so I choose a glittering white paper instead and plan to find a way to add colour later. I make another effort to visualize J3, but am not happy with the result.
Frustrated with the guys, I play with silhouettes shapes. It's fun to try and make them kiss, but I can't figure out the perfect fold for it to work and I still need to add colour and I'm running out of time... PANIC!
Then I finally get the right brainwave on how to add the guys AND colour: if I make one extra cut, I can attach a coloured cut out!
Plus this way I can also use the base for my not-fandom family, because I can simply stick in a rectangle piece with just text for their edition.
Finally happy with the execution, I make a plastic cover/mask to help cut all the cards; this way I can cut about three at the same time
I still have to do individual adjustments, but it works a lot faster than one at the time *grins*
After that, it's just a matter of shoving in a print-out of the guys and writing Gelukkig Nieuwjaar (Happy New Year!)
Here's a rough step by step of how I made Jeff snuggle up to Jensen and Jared.
The End.
With this art-project rounded up, I can really start to focus on extra artwork for the Reverse Bang. My darling author sinfulslasher is treating me to drafts and I'm trying to decided on the perfect medium to accompany the story...
J.