Assignment 5 - Greeting Card: CHRISTMAS

This week we are supposed to be experimenting with colors while designing a christmas/new year's card. I've chosen to do christmas, because I love christmas! and I decided to have a theme for my card, which is something mushy/lovey.

Color schemes

Card cover

Inside Card

So, as seen, the idea is that on the outside, one will see that "Something's missing atop my christmas tree.." and I've purposely made an "empty glow" where the star is supposed to be to enhance the bareness of it. Also, the background I've chosen cooler colors; dull shades of grey/blue, and the tree isn't colored, so everything looks a little duller.

In contrast, the inside I've made it slightly more colorful because I've found my "star", i.e. "YOU!" (so mushy, i know).

Comments I got in class was that, the color contrast isn't great enough to convey the meaning I wanted to. So I thought about making the front even "grey-er" and the inside even more colorful with contrasting/complementary bright colors. However, with even more thought, I realised, it's a christmas card! don't think many will be excited to see a dull card cover or even buy it off the shelf. You wouldn't be attracted to it to even take it off the shelf, right?

Sighhhh. I think I'm changing my concept. Till later then!