non-photo holiday cards - peaceful deer

Tags: non-photo holiday cards, deer, fawn, peaceful, watercolor

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This card features a watercolor fawn in a peaceful color scheme.

tags:

non-photo holiday cards, deer, fawn, peaceful, watercolor

colors shown:

blue, brown

fonts:

thirsty soft, Gadugi

design inspired by:

A7 Non-Photo Card

submitted on:

May 29 2014

Edited on:

May 31 2014

average score:

2.68

comments:

3

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non-photo holiday cards - peaceful deer by Erin Niehenke

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Beth Schneider on May 31, 2014 at 7:03pm
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Great changes Erin!

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Shannon on Jun 16, 2014 at 11:10pm
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I like how you resolved this, so beautiful!

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Adele Hughes on Jun 17, 2014 at 3:00am
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Love love love

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Sharon Almeida on May 31, 2014 at 12:46pm
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Hi! I like A. Maybe vertically center the text in the white space? :)

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Kim Dietrich Elam on May 31, 2014 at 1:05pm
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A for me! great changes.

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Carmi Cioni on May 31, 2014 at 2:09pm
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I like the balance and white space in A too! My suggestion would be to move the second line down just a teeny tiny bit. There seems to be just a bit of tension between "The Connolly Family" and the edges of the "y"s above it.

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Ann Gardner on May 31, 2014 at 5:23pm
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I like the vertical format in A. I think the text would feel better if you added some leading. With all the white space around your copy, adding a little air between your text lines will make it feel more cohesive with the background.

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Michelle Poe on May 29, 2014 at 4:44pm
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I think C with the dark text looks best to me. I wonder if the background were a little more transparent how that would look? You may not need the grass under his hooves. Great drawing!!!!

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Kim Dietrich Elam on May 29, 2014 at 4:45pm
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I voted C

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Shannon on May 29, 2014 at 5:49pm
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I like the brown type as well. I don't think the type looks awkwardly placed or anything, but it might be worth trying the type at the top right, and the bottom right (right justified perhaps) …just to see if it can get even better :)

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An-Lon Chen on May 29, 2014 at 5:54pm
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I love the watercolor background and all the airy space that gives... but I wonder if a vertical layout with the words on top might work better?

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Christina Novak on May 29, 2014 at 6:32pm
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Love the deer! Agree with michelle. Maybe the background could be mostly white to represent more of a snowy/winter feeling. I like the brown text with the drawing.

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Sharon Almeida on May 29, 2014 at 6:35pm
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I like C. I would try the type down and to the right just a little bit. :)

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Erin Niehenke on May 29, 2014 at 6:47pm
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Ok here are two options considering all of the great feedback! Thank you everyone - just didn't want to end the poll quite yet.

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Beth Schneider on May 29, 2014 at 7:28pm
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This is really great! I like the portrait orientation with the white background. Maybe try to have the watercolor just surround the deer and leave the rest white with the sentiment above it so it's nice and clear.

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An-Lon Chen on May 30, 2014 at 5:10pm
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I love the horizontal one of the new options. The color and placement feels great. And now my eye goes to the type pairing... I like the contrast in weight, but I feel like Caviar Dreams doesn't really want to be supporting cast so it's competing a bit. You could try all caps for "The Connolly Family," but I think a different font pairing might be the better option.

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Smile Peace Love on May 29, 2014 at 1:42pm
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I LOVE THIS DEER! I adore the simplicity of this. It is so sweet. I actually saw a fawn crossing the road today. This reminded me of it. The only thing I would suggest is possibly changing the text color to the green from the grass or a softer shade of the brown from the deer. It is just ever so slightly hard to see against the blue, but I love the blue!! Beautiful!

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Erin Niehenke on May 29, 2014 at 2:06pm
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I like the watercolor deer, but then I was lost as to what to do with the layout. Any help is appreciated!

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