This project was the last design I did when I was working at the animation studio Tendril, before I started freelancing. They asked me to do one holiday card, to send to the partners, agencies... and an invitation for the annual holiday party of the studio.
I love Tendril. It's one big family, composed by amazing people from all around the world, and some cute dogs running around from time to time... So for this first-holiday card, I wanted simply to represent my vision of this place! Happy diverse people (and dog!) celebrating and spreading some love!
The invitation, I designed it in the same mindset, it's a celebration, an invitation to get together and have a good time! The character is throwing some confettis and all in the air but also I love that she looks like she is going to give a big hug too! There was more type to integrate for this one, and as I love to design my characters with big arms, I thought it was a good way to use this space to put more of the text! And I wanted to add a cute and funny little note, so the penguin and his natural class with his suit came up instantly to my mind ?
I used Photoshop. I first made a sketch of what I had in mind, I had these two ideas from the beginning with the characters and shapes. What I had to work on was more the composition, with the text that needed to be integrated. I had this really nice free type, I used before and I really like! It was perfect for this project, as it has this warm feeling, like it was written with a big brush. I hand-drawn only the part "Hey Friendrils!" ( you will probably guess, Friends + Tendril... ) because I wanted to highlight these two words and add something a bit more personal.
I had really nice comments from the people of the studio on these two illustrations! For the persons who received the holidays card, well, I can't speak for them, but I hope they liked it! This project actually inspired me and I would love to start designing more greetings cards!
It's really exciting times for me at the moment, after 4 years working in a studio, I started my personal little adventure: freelancing! So I'm really thrilled about it, and so far it has been amazing, I've worked and had contact with really nice and talented people. I'm also learning a lot, about all sides of having your own business, which is super interesting! I have a tons of projects in mind too, and I feel it's the best time for me to try to make them happen!