I was finally able to get one of the retail Christmas booklets for the 2007 Christmas season that had the set of ornaments I designed.
There were five in all — little penguins named Flip, Skip, Tip, Scooter and then the four stacked on top of each other — plus a count down to Christmas Day calendar. I was surprised and pleased that Flip made the cover of the booklet. Since I usually only work in 2-D, is was a fun challenge to have to think and draw “in the round”. I had to mentally visualize and then draw the front, left side, right side, back and top version of what I thought each ornament would look like — a bit of a mind stretching exercise.
To then see the interpretation from 2-D to 3-D, and how well every nuance made it into the final pieces was very gratifying. Plus, what a great group of people are in the sculpting studio — full of knowledge and encouragement.
2 Comments
April 20, 2008 at 9:07 am
How cool and cute! I must have some. How many people know the designers of their Christmas ornaments? That would make me very special! (..and, okay, you’re not bad either.)
ps. LOVE the sheep!
April 29, 2008 at 9:52 am
You are soooooooo kind! My new banner (which takes way too long to download!?!?!) is a comp of pictures I took at Tina’s.