Tuesday, November 29, 2011

First Christmas Sale at Zazzle

I sold 3 stickers of “Santa in Nativity” at Zazzle. This is my first Christmas sale at Zazzle.
This is my experimental design of Santa and the Nativity combined together. I'm glad someone liked it. I didn't get any sales on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, so I started wondering if my Christmas products were ever going to sell. Yet, holiday shopping has just started, and will peak in December. I'm crossing my fingers to sell a lot.

Monday, November 28, 2011

“My First Christmas” For Babies

I decided to create “My First Christmas” products for babies. I will use some graphics from “My First 4th of July” designs. I have a baby stroller in red, white, and blue. I changed the color from blue to green for Christmas, and typed “My First Christmas” on the top of the canvas. I added the bell, and ribbon on the top and flowers under “My First Christmas.” I did some experiments on the size and position of the graphics. I placed a candy cane as a handle of the baby stroller, made a big wreath, and placed the baby stroller in the middle of it. Also, I drew a teddy bear and placed it in the center of the wreath instead of the stroller to create another version.

My First Christmas:
A baby in the baby stroller in red and green, and decorations with “My First Christmas.” Cute and unique Christmas gift for babies to remember your baby's first Christmas.

My First Christmas:
A teddy bear wearing a Santa hat and holding a Christmas present with a Christmas wreath, and a message of “My First Christmas.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Reviewing Recent Christmas Designs

As I create more Christmas designs, I noticed room for improvements as I reviewed my recent artwork. I often sleep on my designs before uploading them, but I'm still in a dilemma between simple and fancy designs. It's challenging to add a lot of elements in an organized manner. One extra element could ruin the whole design or one big element could distract one's eyes. I looked at my designs after a week, and some extra elements started distracting my eyes. I noticed that I draw snowflakes too big in some designs, but I kept the current designs as they are because some people might like them. However, I made some new designs by modifying them, making fewer and smaller snowflakes. Here is one of the examples.

Peace Doves with Wreath Christmas Card :
Original illustrations of a snow scene inside of a Christmas wreath with a ribbon and bell, and two peace doves flying over the wreath, wishing a Merry Christmas.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

"USA for Christmas" T- Shirts

I created the first patriotic design for a T-Shirt in August, and have some other drafts for this design. I added “Wind” to “USA” to make it look like icicles with Photoshop, and added “Molecular” from “Texture” in the Layer Effects to make it look like crystal. I placed a Santa hat on the “S” in “USA,” three snowflakes on the right side of the canvas, and turned them into red, white, and blue. I added and scattered some circles at random on the layer and made them Bokeh, and scattered some circles in different sizes on another layer to make a background for products other than T-Shirts such as magnets and buttons. I added snow on the top of each letter in “USA” and slight Outer Grow. I found that it looked nicer with the black background rather than the colored background with decorations.

“USA” for Christmas:
Crystal style “USA” in Stars and Stripes with snow and icicles, a Santa hat on “USA”, and snowflakes in red, white, and blue in the background. Unique patriotic design in vintage style for the holiday seasons.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

"Santa in Nativity" Christmas Card

I have some drafts for a Nativity scene that I made in October. I roughly placed a traditional Nativity scene in the middle of the canvas, and Santa on the left, an angel on the top, and the verse of “Oh Come Let Us Adore Him.” I looked at another Christmas snow scene with Santa, and a Christmas tree with the night sky, and combined two drafts into one which is “Santa in Nativity.” I made some different versions by changing the sky and the border. I added a verse, “May the Lord Jesus live in your heart all year long. Merry Christmas”

Sunday, November 20, 2011

"Meow-y Christmas" Ornaments

I modified a cat design that I made with my pet picture, “I Believe in Santa Paws,” by adding a candy cane on his left, and green background with blurry lights and snowflakes.

Saturday, November 19, 2011