{"id":25315,"date":"2024-12-13T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25315"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:16:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:16:38","slug":"art-design-xmas-24-card-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25315","title":{"rendered":"ART &amp; DESiGN: Xmas \u201824, Card Design\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"497\" height=\"504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1861-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1861-1.jpg 497w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1861-1-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1861-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The genius of Steinweiss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to design and print an Xmas or Yule card this year. And I want to pay homage to the design genius of Steinweiss, in doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought about simply plagiarising one of his designs. But that just won\u2019t do! Steal, yes. Borrow? Hmmm\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, today is the day to get started. Before I do, however, I\u2019ll gather some influence type material here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1862-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25314\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another artist that springs to mind, as an influence, is Gene \u2018The Cat\u2019 Deitch. I did nick an image of his one Xmas, many moons ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also just found a very interesting page on a blog, about Deitch and Father Christmas. Check that out <a href=\"https:\/\/tralfaz.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/santa-claus-meets-gene-deitch.html?m=1\">here<\/a>. I hadn\u2019t realised Gene passed, aged 95, in 2020, in his beloved Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUSjYDmQOmk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Deitch is best known to me for his Jazz fan character \u2018The Cat\u2019. But he\u2019s best known to the world at large for his work on Tom &amp; Jerry and Popeye cartoons. RIP, maestro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to design and print an Xmas or Yule card this year. And I want to pay homage to the design genius of Steinweiss, in doing so. I thought about simply plagiarising one of his designs. But that just won\u2019t do! Steal, yes. Borrow? Hmmm\u2026 Anyway, today is the day to get started. Before &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25315\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ART &amp; DESiGN: Xmas \u201824, Card Design\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-6Aj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25318,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315\/revisions\/25318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}