[Art] Fun Birthday Cards

A fun activity over the past couple of years has been hand-drawing fun cards friends and family for birthdays and other occasions. Here are some examples.

Squid

This one combined some Splatoon themes with my friend's favourite animals.

Chess

Here I combined someone's love of chess, Tetris and Pokémon together.

Motorcycle

Here is someone and their loved ones roadtrip.

Ponies

Here is a stable for someone who loves unicorns.

Mycology

[Art] Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Boxes

I like making things for friend.  One of my favourite treats to send to friends for their birthdays, when I have time and capacity, is to bake a chocolate chip cookie bar and make a box from cereal box cardboard.

And here is the process:

[Art] Animal Crossing-inspired cards for Squid

My friend Squid loves Animal Crossing, so for Christmas 2021, I gifted to her a set of AC-inspired cards 'trading cards'.  Do you recognize these characters?  The process involved hand-drawing most of these, taking a "high quality" scan (with my phone's camera) and then tracing and colouring them in the GIMP.

Twiggy

Olaf

Sasha

Hazel

Molly

Snake

Octavian

Lolly (v1)

Lolly (v2)

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Some examples of the process: