Here is a postcard that I have recently been designing for an upcoming Exhibition I will be showing my sculpture in, at Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, VA. The Museum's Publicity Director, and the Executive Director, were both very cool about allowing my to produce my own materials to help publicize the show; and more to the point, my involvement in it, which I appreciated very much. They were even kind enough to lend me the use of their logo (which I used on the back), and they were very encouraging in general. They have been great to work with.
Here is the BACK of the postcard. You can click on the image for an enlarged view (to read the text at the bottom)
Sorry about the size, blogger's scrollific format does not permit much in the way of width...
So, whadya think? For this design, I had to walk a fine fine line, between the sacred and the sacrosanct, trying to 'toot my own horn', while still keeping with the tone of the show. I hope that I have acheived this.
To this aim, I made lots of use of the center points. Invisible to the eye, this thing is loaded green to the gills with guide lines.
And then, there is also that abberition...I felt a little bit corney at first, putting this in, but I needed a line to devide the back of the postcard (!), and it just sort of appeared....woooOOO!
I like it, he's the show's own Casper the friendly ghost, and he's welcome in my postcard anytime.
Most of all, I'm glad I got to make a postcard featuring that image. I have a few particular friends wall that this postcard is aimed for like a remember-me seeking missile.
It is also a pretty neat (ok REALLY NEAT) show, and I am proud to get to make a postcard for it.
I wish that I had thought to offer my services to the other artists in the show. Would be fun to see what they came up with...
Little Piggy goes to Print Shop tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn..
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