Almost at the last useful minute I was able to make an invitation card for the birthday party of my soon-to-be-6-years-old son.
It was hard to settle what the "theme" of the party was going to be.
As a kid in a candy store, he wanted to have it all.
At first he choose "magic tricks", but then he preferred "arts and crafts", then Star Wars...
I soon learned you should not involve a not-6-yet kid in any open-choice decision making process.
Ultimately I decided to poke a little fun at him, and the card involves exactly his indecision about it.
(he took it well, I must say. For a kid he can be self-deprecating at times. I'll give him that)
I screwed it up anyway. The lay out is a bit off, and I should have placed the balloons better to guide the eye. Its not quite clear which panels/balloons you should read first.
But it was fun to do and I'm enjoying this loose cartoony style recently. It's not as solid as I want it to be, I guess I need more practice...
It was hard to settle what the "theme" of the party was going to be.
As a kid in a candy store, he wanted to have it all.
At first he choose "magic tricks", but then he preferred "arts and crafts", then Star Wars...
I soon learned you should not involve a not-6-yet kid in any open-choice decision making process.
Ultimately I decided to poke a little fun at him, and the card involves exactly his indecision about it.
(he took it well, I must say. For a kid he can be self-deprecating at times. I'll give him that)
I screwed it up anyway. The lay out is a bit off, and I should have placed the balloons better to guide the eye. Its not quite clear which panels/balloons you should read first.
But it was fun to do and I'm enjoying this loose cartoony style recently. It's not as solid as I want it to be, I guess I need more practice...
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