2010 Holiday Spectacular: No. 20

By: Natasha | Posted on July 8, 2010 | 20 Comments

Are you ready for a hand drawn masterpiece? Sydney Newsom’s Love and Peace Eternal is just that. And it’s also No. 20!

So clearly Sydney has some real talent–I just love all of the hand drawn elements. It’s truly a beauty. Let’s just take a minute now and unravel her design genius piece by piece. Isn’t the ‘a’ in peace awesome? And isn’t it helpful how white, red, green, and blue are evenly spread throughout the entire composition? The globe is simply fabulous. Ditto re: the pictogram of the heart. I love the little banner with the tiny dots around ‘and’. And I also love the simple snowflakes that fill up any empty space. ‘This’ spelled out vertically looks really awesome. Finally, I love how the olive branch in the dove’s mouth pulls us into a peaceful 2010 and slightly overlaps across the photo! What other bits and pieces of fabulousness am I missing?

Category: Design Challenge, Designer Community, Holiday Countdown

20 Comments on “2010 Holiday Spectacular: No. 20”

  1. Laura July 8th, 2010 @ 10:30 am

    Congratulations Sydney!! Love your illustration :)

  2. Karly July 8th, 2010 @ 10:32 am

    Congrats, Sydney! Fabulous design!

  3. Brooke July 8th, 2010 @ 10:34 am

    Yay, Sydney! Congrats on such a fabulous design.

  4. Yolanda Mariak Chendak July 8th, 2010 @ 10:46 am

    Congratulations Sydney :)

  5. Meg G. July 8th, 2010 @ 10:55 am

    awesome work, sydney!! my favorite parts of this design are the words “this” and “peace.” love your lettering style. keep it up!

  6. Maria Estigoy July 8th, 2010 @ 11:23 am

    Love the organic feel of this! Congrats Sydney!

  7. Erin July 8th, 2010 @ 11:36 am

    i absolutely love this one, it is one of my faves, CONGRATS sydney, you deserve this

  8. Paige July 8th, 2010 @ 11:54 am

    Congratulations, Sydney!

  9. Amanda Larsen July 8th, 2010 @ 12:13 pm

    Well done! So original and fun.

  10. Jana Volfova July 8th, 2010 @ 12:28 pm

    This one was one of my favourites! :)

  11. Nam July 8th, 2010 @ 1:07 pm

    Woohoo, Sydney!!! Love this one and well-deserved win for your design and your valuable comments.

  12. cora July 8th, 2010 @ 1:16 pm

    I saw this on Andress’ FB….Fab job on this design Sydney!! Mom and Dad would be so pleased!! :)

  13. Candice July 8th, 2010 @ 1:56 pm

    I love this one, congrats Sydney!

  14. annie July 8th, 2010 @ 2:07 pm

    congrats sydney!this design is so unique and refreshing!

  15. Sydney July 8th, 2010 @ 2:53 pm

    Thanks so much, everyone! When my Mom saw this design she said that it looked like everything I drew between the 5th and 12th grade and that my style had not changed! I’m so happy that I was able to rediscover that style through this challenge.

  16. holly Herick Design July 8th, 2010 @ 3:04 pm

    Love it! great Job Sydney!

  17. Sharon(crimsonlane) July 8th, 2010 @ 4:24 pm

    This was so fun Sydney. Congratulations!

  18. hannahcloud July 8th, 2010 @ 9:41 pm

    Oh, YAY Sydney! I’m so pleased this one made it!

  19. Kelly July 9th, 2010 @ 8:42 am

    Oh, I loved this one! It was one of my favorites. Congratulations Sydney!

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