Assignment 5 part 1

These are rough sketches of the idea of love greeting cards that I thought of. I don't really have anything in my mind so I was just randomly sketching anything that comes into my mind.

The first one is a couple holding hands with sakura petals falling in the background. Might be due to my exposure to Japaneses drama and animation, this idea pops up in my mind first. More of like using the romantic atmosphere from the couple and background to convey the message of the card.

The second one is 2 bear a male another female holding hands. It was the second thing that came to my mind as I remember seeing a lot of guys giving their girl friend bears during valentine day, so I thought it symbolize valentine quite well.

The third one is 2 swans kissing and with their neck forming a heart shape. It was quite cliche but it conveys the idea well.

The last one is very simple, just a couple of rose and the word I love you. Running out of ideas to brain storm another one, so I go for a very simple one instead of complicated things. So the main thing will be the background that will construct the atmosphere.
The first one is a couple holding hands with sakura petals falling in the background. Might be due to my exposure to Japaneses drama and animation, this idea pops up in my mind first. More of like using the romantic atmosphere from the couple and background to convey the message of the card. At first I drew the rose at the bottom right of picture. I was intending to implement this also at the corners or at least the opposite corner. But maybe due to the clash of the sakura and rose so it might be that good idea to do so. Another thing is the text in the background. It means "I am loving you" in Japanese. It was written in Japanese as the whole thing got a Japaneses feel, so I find it more appropriate to be in Japanese. Although people might not understand what it means, but as the assignment should be conveying the meaning through the colors and visual elements. I also intended to complete the inside of the card with the English version written inside. The text is just in plain white form with no effects added to it as it fit well with the background, adding effects on the text makes it does blend well.

Things mentioned by classmates
1) 1 of them don't like the Japanese wordings as they don't understand it.
2) keep the white border.

Something that was in my mind.
There seems to be a shortage of sakura petals in the background in some place, especially the right side.


This was the 3rd idea with the 2 swans kissing, a heart shape in the background formed by roses and a cloudy background with pinkish clouds. Some beveling and lighting is added to the text effects. The text is quoted from a website since I am not capable of coming up with 1. The resulting picture looks like some Chinese wedding card. Got a oriental feeling in it.

Nothing was commented in class for this picture as they preferred the other one to work more on.