Narrative Illustration: semester project
The 12 Greeting Card set was a project I began with the goal of creating a set of cohesive cards that covered a range of popular greeting card themes. Over a course of two months, I produced four card concepts to completion every two weeks. All the work is fantasy based, with content that reflects certain ideas or emotions felt upon approaching each card.
Each card went through the creative process of buzzwords or ideas; then thumbnails or small doodles, which were expanded upon in larger, linework compositions. The interior and exterior texts would be metered out in this stage. The linework was scanned and then projected onto a 12.5” x 14” piece of watercolor paper as the base of the painting.
"Drunken Satire and Cheers" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 15” x 12”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Bushels and Pecks" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 12” x 15”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
After completion of each set of four, the paintings and spotlight illustrations were scanned in, adjusted in Photoshop, and then imported into InDesign as a 5” x 7” card file. The refined exterior and interior text would be added.
"Yellow Umbrella" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 12” x 15”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Bookkeep's Helper" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 15” x 12”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Crustacean Adventures" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 15” x 12”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Baby Went a-Marketing" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 15” x 12”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Queen of Everything" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 12” x 15”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Starry Lights" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 12” x 15”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"The Dragon Doctor" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 15” x 12”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Gnome Mans Land" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 15” x 12”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Deer to Me" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 12” x 15”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
"Rising Suns" Jun. 2014. Watercolor on 400CC paper. 12” x 15”
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Characters (c) Pam Kimball
Happily Be!
