This was the final postcard that was sent out to many people for the family Reunion in 2003. It was done using Photoshop and Bryce. If no one can tell, the giant green thing is a shamrock spaceship.
A postcard, a ticket stub, an old invitation, wedding and funeral programs all are visual reminders of times gone by. These are the milestones of life; the moments that remain in both their joy and their grief. In their sadness and euphoria. In their laughter and their frustration.
I have attended a number of these events myself and have added onto this site a number of different special events for which I added my artistic vision.
BIRTHDAYS
For my dad's sixtieth birthday, we sent out invitations to as many people we could find to attend. We wanted to keep with an amusement park theme so I thought it would be cool to have a "giant ticket" printed out for the event. We kept the surprise hush hush and I remember the great fun we had preparing for it.
WEDDINGS
My sister's wedding was a grand occasion that took place in the March of 2002. For her wedding I had to make sure that all the supplemental design pieces I made conformed to her invitations in look, layout, and style.
To this end, I made favor box messages, a schedule of events that was put on an easel for display purposes, as well as comment cards that friends and family could leave for the bride and groom. I also remember, from that time, also having a number of roles at the wedding. That of usher, chauffeur, and one of the ones to help get the party started.
FUNERALS
Before hopping on a plane to Barcelona, some friends of the family wanted me to create a funeral program for their grandfather who had passed away. I found, through the process of doing so, having to be careful on many levels to respect the life that had past, and to present it in a way that would preserve his memory.
Seven months later my mother passed away and I ended up doing the same for her memory as I had for the grandfather. Only this hit very close to home. My mother and I were close at the end. For three weeks I was with her at the Mayo clinic in Florida where we tried to discover the source of her loss of weight, lack of appetite, and constant pain. She was diagnosed finally with lung cancer and three weeks later she died.
REUNIONS.
Two weeks after my mother's death, we went to a family reunion in New Jersey. for this event, I had also created a number of invitations. This time, I used a postcard with a decidedly "Irish" twist to it in combination with my love of movies.
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3rd grade was the first time I noticed I had a gift for doodling.
I also tend to divide my artistic "ages" into what ever girl I was interested in.
For instance, the beginning of 1980 signified the end of the Nancian age and the beginning of the Jennian age.
Following that in the late eighties was the Lillian age (1986) and following that a bunch of girls I liked but regardless of who it all ended up the same.
The Victorian age quickly followed in the late nineties and that eventually gave way into the Allisonian age in combo with the Ahe of Wishful Thinking.. Thankfully I am alone by an act of congress so it's all moot anyhow.