Boys Toys Illustration Prints.

It was my Dads birthday back and March and I always struggle to bet him something original every year, what do you get that man that has everything. So i decided to make him some sort of print, and it came to me that he would really love something to do with his pride and joy, his Subaru.

I took some snaps of the car, side, front and back so that I could produce some Illustrator drawings accurate to the design of the car. The print is also customised with the number plate ,car badges and the background colour is matched to the colour of the car.

As with the typography custom prints the illustrations were printed on A4 cream matte paper and framed with a white Ikea frame. Examples of the finished product can be seen below along side a second more recent print that was produced for another Subaru owner.

Custom Prints For Sale!

So its been quite a busy month with lots of work on...yeeeey! A big part of this bas been doing custom prints for occassions such as Christenings, Engagements and Birthdays, had a really positive reaction to these and my orders have been ticking over nicely. They have proved to be really good gifts and can be customised to include names, dates, place and personal information. In some cases even the colours and fonts have been customed to the individual for that added personal touch.

The print itself is printed onto A4 matte textured cream card and framed up with one of Ikeas finest! With earlier versions I did start by printing them on glossy photo paper but found that the textured card gave a much nicer high end look to the print.

In the next couple of weeks I will be putting up some print templates onto Etsy to cover birthdays, weddings, births/christenings etc, so that the customer can select the occassion print and then send me in an email the personal info and preffered colours. But for now here is a selection of examples of some of the most recent prints...

Customised Typography Gifts!

My best friend and her boyfriend recently moved their first house together so I needed to come up with a one of a kind present that they could keep forever. I took inspiration from some text picture I had seen and came up with a format that would incorporate the date the moved in and to also congratulate them on the new house. The outcome of this can be seen below...

Since putting this up on Facebook a lot of people have become interested in purchasing one for their friends and family so I have started to customise them to order. An example of this can be seen below...

I am open for commissions if you would like your very own text picture, drop me a message at paper.rabbit@rocketmail.com or visit my Paper Rabbit Facebook page and we can discuss your requirements!

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Miss Sugar Bones Brooch Cards.

I recently completed a project for a local designer Miss Sugar Bones who was launching her Etsy shop selling her cute animal brooch designs. She required a card to pin her brooches to that would also double as a advertisement for her business, these would reflect the look of her shop and also provide a medium in which to display her designs.

I started by brain storming some ideas by hand then worked these into working examples in Photoshop to send to her so she could pick the design she liked best that could then be developed into a final product. This process can be seen in the images below...

Initial Designs.

The preferred design was selected and I got to work developing this into a final product. The detail of the button was changed from printed to actual buttons, each card would have a different coloured button so that the colour of the brooch could be matched to button. The background to the button was also developed into an eight bit bow design to add extra detail but not drawing attention away from the actual brooch. The final card design can be seen below...

Final Card Design.

With the final design approved thirty cards were printed to start off with, and the various coloured buttons glued to the design. These were printed out on medium thickness card so that they would keep their form with the brooch attached and wouldn't be too thick for the brooch to be attached to.

Final Printed Cards.

The cards were handed over and the brooches attached. They are currently up for sale on Miss Sugar Bones' Etsy page and look FAB, so go treat yourself! 

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Check out other amazing creations from Ashleigh Brown aka Miss Sugar Bones on TUMBLR and BLOGSPOT!

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Cardboard Art

Back before Christmas I took part in Pure Gallerys Cardboard Shelter which raised money for the homeless of Newcastle. For this I submitted two one off A4 cardboard illustrations (shown below) and I was pleased to say that they both sold on the night. Since then I have fallen in love with drawing on cardboard and currently working on a piece for a friend who also bought one of my cardboard shelter pieces.

Birdcages is the theme for this piece and its coming along nicely. Below are some images of the piece as it is now, watch this space for the finished article!