Pictures with the use of New Year's symbols are used in the design of premises, to create designs for T-shirts and other souvenir products - dishes, calendars, home textiles. The basic principles of creating such drawings are simplicity, clarity of drawing characters, the use of a bright palette of colors and attributes of the holiday - fireworks, firecrackers, confetti, streamers, etc. Drawings for greeting cards are drawn in more detail. Their task is to create in the viewer the feeling of a fairy tale.
It is necessary
- - a good idea for a drawing;
- - paper and drawing supplies / computer with an installed graphic editor.
Instructions
Step 1
Determine what type of New Year picture you need, what technological requirements will be imposed on it when using it, especially when it comes to souvenir products and technologies such as silk screen printing, pad printing, screen printing, etc. Many of them significantly limit the designer's imagination
Step 2
Come up with a plot of the picture. It may have something to do with the activities of the company for which you are drawing. Characters such as Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, snowmen, reindeer, penguins, polar bears are traditional for New Year's plots. Western Christmas symbols are usually not welcomed by customers and are practically not used
Step 3
The action of your story can be built around a Christmas tree either at the North Pole, in a winter forest, or in a snow-covered village with a cozy smoke flowing from chimneys. But for souvenir design, the factor of simplicity and decorativeness of the pattern is very important.
Step 4
The postcard design provides a lot of creative freedom. Such a drawing can be a whole painting in miniature. You can draw both on a computer using special programs, and on paper - paints, pastels, colored pencils, in mixed media.
Step 5
For postcard design, the artistic value of the drawing is important, be it a realistic image or cartoon characters. Try to make the drawing fabulous, mysterious, magical. This is achieved by using complex sparkling textures, several plans in the composition, contrasting dark and lighted areas
Step 6
The contrast between cold winter scenes (a blizzard outside the window, frosty patterns on the windows) and warm home scenes (a decorated Christmas tree, a burning fireplace, a cozy atmosphere) makes the drawing attractive and creates a special New Year's mood.
Step 7
The characters you create should also carry a positive emotional charge. And pictures containing an interesting idea, perhaps a humorous one, are especially popular.
