YCN, UK greetings : experimenting with photoshop

Normally I would not consider creating a whole image only using photoshop, as I really value a sense of the handmade and texture in my work. However, in experimentation I found that by using applications like 'multiply' and 'colour range' to simulate monoprinting textures I managed to create something quite effective. I like the contrast between the blobby and digital aesthetic of these simple drawings with the simulated print media textures; as I think it produces something quite contemporary but still with a sense of the human hand at work. 

I also think that this digital aesthetic is  highly appropriate to the context of a 'greeting card' - looking further on wrap most of them are made digitally or are certainty put through some digital process in order to finish up. 


GOING FORWARD:
I'd like to continue developing some more work like this to see if it would be an effective process to create images for all the products within the collection. If so, this may be a big step in the making of  my final outcomes.