Merry Christmas from Intuitive Designs
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Here is the Christmas card that we sent this year. This year we have made a big change in the style and we have gone for a cartoonish and fun design. There is a reason for all this.
When we first thought about doing the new design for the Christmas greeting we decided to do it by using some of the design and illustration work that we have actually done during this year, like a sort of potpourri thing. So we looked at the archive and we found some elements that were just perfect for a Christmas theme.
First, I decided to do a revision of the Businessman illustration that I originally designed for the Contact page of this site. So I practically disguised the mailman as a Santa. I thought it would be perfect to have him carrying a sack with presents and toys, instead of the mail sack in the original picture. And then I made a new suit for the man, stack a fake beard and mustache, and there you go! Ready to deliver.
Then I also found very interesting to use these Globe illustrations that I had previously designed for commercial use. I thought it could be a nice way to express the concept of “world peace” and “unity” for the spirit of Christmas. So I decided to use one of the globes instead of a sack with presents: Santa bringing the world peace to the world. This is one of the different versions of globe illustrations that I did. It’s called “Chrome” because when I first did it we thought it looked just like the chrome effect, which happens to be the same typical texture effect in the Christmas balls. So I decided to turn the Globe into a huge chrome Christmas ball.
Finally, I found these pine trees that we lately did for the design of a web site in Montana. They fit in the style with the rest of the stuff I was using, so I decided to use them too. I really like the idea of recycling stuff in every sense of the word. This was a wonderful opportunity to greet the holidays to our clients with something that truly represents our work, so nothing better than our past work.
If you like the final Christmas design, here you can download a Desktop Wallpaper for free. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Intuitive Designs!
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