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Greeting cards

So my Sketchbook Skool course officially ends this weekend. Though, I can still access the course material whenever I want. There is one assignment left for me to do, a general birthday card. Maybe I will get it done today. I've already done a card from an older drawing in one of my sketchbooks, a thank you card, did a funny snowman drawing, a Valentine's Day card and a card with a peace dove theme.

During the course we got a lot of information about what goes into creating greeting cards and were shown lots of examples. There were demos, but I would have loved to see a bit more of those. In the second week we got realistic design briefs that we were supposed to follow with our greeting card illustrations. There was also given some interesting info in two live streams, that are now available as videos, where Salli answered questions from the participants. And we got some nice gifts. What wasn't provided much is individual feedback.

The biggest take-away for me was being given the license and inspiration to illustrate something and realizing that I may not be so bad at it. It's something I haven't done so far, except for a simple flower card for Mother's Day. I am not totally new to the design process, e. g. having designed my own website. Still, this topic was something new and I am happy about how I managed.

Here's the thank you card I designed:


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