59 hours of art in 24 minutes: Watch these cards come to life
I illustrate on an iPad using a program called Procreate. It’s way more accessible than oil paints and canvases – which used to be my primary mode before I was paralyzed.
I am thankful every single day for the ease that the iPad now affords me to still create gorgeous art!
Illustrating this way also makes it much more seamless to go from the art to the printed cards (we used to do the designs with paint and then scan them in to digitize them – which was a nightmare trying to adjust the colors to match the original).
For a while now, I’ve been wanting to create a video showing the timelapses of me drawing a whole collection and pair it with a playlist that you can play as you write cards.
I hope that you enjoy watching this art come to life. Some cards come to me quickly, other cards take a loooong time to figure out what I want them to say or how to get the illustrations “right.”
You may disagree with where I took a drawing! There is no “right” or “perfect” solution for art. It’s not a science, it’s an art! :D
That’s the nerve-wracking thing about being an artist. In a world that is filled with seemingly perfect things (like manufactured iPhones), it’s scary to put out art that perhaps will have people wishing it would somehow be different. (We sometimes get comments about the lettering, for example, being too small on some cards.)
However, that’s art. It’s impossible to make a piece of art that everyone is going to love, and yet – I try. 😅 I’m a people pleaser, and I try to make it as good as it can be so that you enjoy looking at the designs and are excited to send them to your loved ones, and they are proud to display them in their space. But at a certain point, I just have to stop finessing and stressing and release it to the world.
I hope this video sort of meditative to watch. And it might be good music to listen to as you send cards to people. 🙂
Brilliant! Thanks for this inside look at your creative process.
Leah, that was unbelievable!
Thank you so much for letting us see your creations come alive!
The music is great, too!
Please keep up your inspiring work.
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I love the simplistic intentionality of these delicious cards!!! They are uplifting and so colorful. Everyone who receives them loves them! Thank you!!!
The Nature card pack is beautiful. All the gentle creativity that went into making these cards, speaks volumes. The color choices and blending of hues and tints, makes these cards exceptional. I love all of the cards I've purchased from Tiny and Snail. Each and every card makes a lovely statement to those I'm sending them to. The receivers of cards I send, often times let me know how wonderful and heartwarming the words and pictures are.
This is such a fun and festive card,puts a smile on my face as I'm sure it will do the same for my friend who I chose this card for her upcoming birthday.
I continue to love these cards. Writing words of encouragement and sending them out to friends has become a sweet mission for me. Leah's art is beautiful and speaks to the heart. And God knows better than any of us that we need more hope and joy in our lives. Thank you Leah and Grace!
I love this card and I’ve sent it to two people so far. One went to the Nurse Practitionet in my doctor’s office, The other went to a newly minted OB-GYN, the daughter of a dear friend. She just started her residency! I know there will be others and not in a medical field, but for these two the card was perfect.
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Brilliant! Thanks for this inside look at your creative process.
Leah, that was unbelievable!
Thank you so much for letting us see your creations come alive!
The music is great, too!
Please keep up your inspiring work.