Assignment 3 ----- Birthday Card

In this task we have to re-design a birthday card from web pictures and to add elements of local culture into the cards .


Here is the original picture :

Following the steps how i design :

The first layer , i used the Pen tool , put the Chinese words " 生日快乐" ( Happy Birthday ) inside . Then draw the shape of the English words " Happy Birthday " , i take the Chinese Cultrue --- Chinese Paper Cutting .

2nd layre , i also used the Pen tool to draw the shape of the riband , then make the color of pink to white by using Gradient tool .

3rd layer is the flowers , Pen tool all the way , then Gradient tool . Just copy to 3 .

4th layer , the main background color is pink , i used the Rectangle tool and put the color of pink inside , made the background pink and filled with the Gradient of white to pink .

The last layer is the Light Halo . I used the Flare tool to make the color more lighten .

SO NOW , here is the final Birthday Card

Description about the Birthday Card :

Chinese Paper Cutting ---

Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi (Chinese: 剪纸, jiǎn zhǐ) is the first type of papercutting design, since paper was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. The art form later spread to other parts of the world with different regions adopting their own cultural styles. Because the cut outs are also used to decorate doors and windows, they are sometimes referred to "chuāng huā" (窗花), meaning Window Flower.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_paper_cutting