Final edit for Christmas card

This post is the final part for my christmas card... as last post i explain about how i design and draw my christmas tree...so this post is about i put the christmas tree on my card...i just select all of the image in illustrator and copy and paste in photoshop...and for sure i got chage the position of the tree to let it feel real...

Next would be add some shining star using brushes and change the histogram colour to let the star shine...

Last, is the greeting and words for my greeting card....all of the words had added

1.drop shadow

2. inner shadow

3. outer glow

4. inner glow

5. stroke

6. gradient overlay

After all of the hard work for few night dind't sleep...below was the final work and this is the work that i gonna submit as my assignment 2..hope every 1 like it...and very thank you to dr. ken and mdm lydia to teach me and guide me in this semester for CG2.....thank you very much....

Christmas Card Process part 2

For the winter part...as i had the idea to draw the christmas tree on my own...so i choose to use adobe illustrator to draw my designed christmas tree...

firstly, i use pentool to draw the draft that i scan in illustrator...this is what i learn in CG 1 so i plan to used back this skill.....this is the based part of the christmas tree...i use black colour for the based because later on i need to add some christmas leaf on it.....

Secondly is the design on the leaf...this design is my work when i was in CG 1 so i used it back...it's a bit calligraphy and it's my loved too...so i change some leaf and colour to match the based in black---it's used

1. pen tool

2. change transperancy

3. add gradient

4. use lasso tool to let the leaf straight

5. use paint brush to change the green n white of the leaf...

Next, i combined the tree based and the leaf based....

After combined, i feel it's too plain for my christmas tree...it should be some small leaf and some light on the tree......so i used the brushes in illustrator to ass the light and star...and leaf i used lasso tool, magic wand tool and mesh tool to draw and paste it on the correct place.. and the most important is i also change the star and light gradient in this stage to let them shine...

After add star and change the gradient..i still feel left something, maybe is some small leaf or some calligraphy line of tree...so i just simply copy some of the leaf on the tree and add it in...actually all of those leaf can find in photoshop brushes...so i open the photoshop brushes and copy and paste in illustrator....and below is the final work for my christmas tree using illustrator...

Actually u can see that i always used gold as gradient and also green as most of the colour...it's because i need to match it wif my black based and it also give me the feel that christmas tree suppose to be...i don't really like the red colour christmas..as everything used to be in red...so i used the special way to represent the christmas i like.....

Process on the christmas card....

this is my brand new idea for my greeting card design..this time i goin to do a christmas card based on the idea autumn go and winter coming with the slogan ' spring had coming to an end'.....

firstly, same as usual...let me make the background 1st....as i very like the autumn n nature colour so the background should be yellowish(autumn leaves) for autumn part and blue(snow) for the winter part..beside that i also put some shadoe n special effects to separate the half paper as half for image n half for greeting.....

Next i put the autumn leaves using the brushes that already in photoshop....i set the spacing i want and also the special effect like noise, wet edge and dynamic...below is the process i set the leaves preset....

After the preset part, the final arrangement for my autumn leaves in the greeting card as below...here i also had change the correct nature colour to my leaves using green, smooth orange and yellowish colour...and also change the leaves angle, spacing and roundness to make it more nice and arrangable on my card....

Then the last session for my autumn part is write the greeting words in.... for the words spring had come to an end....i use special effect on those words....the special effects like drop and inner shadow, inner and outler glow, and also white stroke on the green words....

process n step are like below.....

this is all for my autumn part...winter part will be upload asap...keep in touch and follow up ya....

2nd design----Christmas card

i went to class last few days n i saw most of my friend were doing the assignmet 2...

when i compare mine wif them i feel like my card is like kindergarten works...i feel sad yet happy because i still have time to improve n change my design...

so i think n think, i don wan do birthday card anymore...seen i so like autumn leaves, i'll do the 2 different season apper in my card to show ' bye bye autumn n hello winter' to celebrate christmas...

as i had this idea...i try to search the autumn leaves n christmas trees on internet...n this is what i get for my brief idea.........

Draft of assignment 2 birthday card...

as previous post i say i might do a birthday card for madam lydia...so this post i'll show how i do for the card for the consultation 2....

below is the psd print screen for the birthday card n the cake making session.........

this is the 1st step i set up the half pages for the image and the greeting part...i use colour picker to choose the background colour i want then i add the grey colour to the swatches as i can change the RGB i want later on.....

this is the full image of background that i need to use....

next i use the layer style and lasso tool to draw a 3/4 round shape to write the name of the sender...

as i wan the sender part to be more special...so i copy the layer style n the round shape, reshape it n change the layer position let it look like 2 round shape stick together.....

next, i start to type my greeting to madam lydia using horizontal type tool n also the selection tool...and also not forget the colour of the words......

now is the most important part where now i would like to create n make a cake for madam lydia...firstly i use horizontal type tool for the happy birthday words as the cake layer....

then i use the vertical type text tool to type the happy birthday words to draw and shape the candle on the cake base....

lastly, the candle light...it's also make n shape by the same step as above..i use horizontal text tool to type the words n also change the colour using text colour tool....

Assignment 2 started.........

After finish busy with the assignment 1 wallpaper...now just i can release some breath...wuiiiii....

but assignment 2 due date is coming also...so after few days resting now must set up my turbo for assignment 2 greeting card....

we're require to create a greeting card in A4 size as half if the image n half is the greetings...

at 1st i was wondering wan to a birthday card for madam lydia as her birthday is on 27th dec....

the idea was come by the discussion board where she suggest 1 of our classmate send her a birthday card...so i plan to do so...

the image birthday card might be a birthday cake which i might use the 'happy birthday' words to build a cake shape...with a candle as well....

the background should be black colour as i need to use red colour as the candle...so i'll pop out my idea....

Final editing for Assignment 1

After consult madam lydia, she told me that the work juz worth 6 marks out of 15.....she say's it's too plain for the background n the photo was cover by the words n some sort of too simple for e wallpaper....so i try to change it as i change the background n add some effects like drop shadow to the photo n the words n info...n not forget also i add the colour on the open day words layout so it can pop out when ppl 1st saw the e wallpaper n will knw wat's it all about....

below was the works before n after edit...i feel it look better now....hehe