Birthday Card - Part 1

Birthdays to me are important as it is the anniversary of my birth and it is celebrated each year to mark another year of a precious life. I was brought up in a culture where birthday cakes, presents and balloons are always in relation to birthdays.. In every birthday party I attended since I was young, the 3 things I mentioned above can never be missed out in which ever party I went to. Birthday cakes, presents and balloons are not only commonly used in birthday parties in Malaysia but also in other countries.

Below are some pictures I used as references for my birthday card design.

An Indian child's birthday party celebrated with the cake, presents and balloons.


A beautifully decorated birthday party venue with balloons.


And every children's favourite, Ronald McDonald... with all the 3 items I hav mentioned.


Some beautiful birthday cakes..

The presents...

I'm using the 3 items in my bday card design. =)

Final Touch..

I added the Public Holidays for the month of December to my calendar.

18th - Awal Muharram
25th - Christmas Day

DONE!

The calendar~

Continuation..

I put small squares of different colours to decorate the calendar.

Then I add the theme "Surprise" in between the presents.

*using T Tool*

*Adjusting the font size and font type*

*The "SURPRISE"*

Then I draw the Santa using Pen Tool. I made the line curve using Filter - Stylize - Round Corners.



Then The Finished Calendar~

Progression of my calendar

The theme of my calendar is "Surprise". As I mentioned before, the presents one received on this occasion gives the feeling of curiosity of opening the wrapped boxes. Once the presents are opened, one will be surprised of what are being wrapped up inside. =)

I choose red and green as main colour of my calendar. It is because, Santa is always dressed in red and the green represents the Christmas tree and mistletoe ( a kind of leaf) which are always used for decoration during Christmas.

First of all, I use the Type Tool to type the dates and the month of the calendar. The I put a background colour of pink behind. I keep changing the shades until I get the pink I wanted. Then I highlighted the 25th December to red as it is Christmas day.

After that, I drew a small Christmas hat above the year "09" to show a little feeling of Christmas. It is also a deco for my calendar.


The Christmas presents are drawn with 3D function which I have learnt in tutorial class (3D stars). I put some ribbons over the boxes to make it look more like presents.

Selection of calendar

I am choosing the month of December to design.It has Christmas celabration which is one of my favourites. I think that it is a festival full of surprises where people get gifts or presents and being curious of what is being wrapped in there..

I choose the below design / layout for my calendar.















I'm planning to change the fairy to Santa. And the flowers and leaves to presents.

Stay tuned!