New Year, New Birthdays!

Hello 2017! Last weekend, my friends Anne and Anett celebrated their birthdays together. The problem with drawing cards for my friends' birthdays is that sometimes I find it really hard to come up with a new idea that is better than the last year, and (not to sound too big-headed about it) I think that I really excelled myself with both of their cards last year! Anyway, accepting the fact that I probably couldn't better myself, I decided to go for a fairly simple approach and draw a portrait of each of them enjoying some ramen (as we often meet up to go for ramen together):





The same weekend, it was also my friend Tadgh's birthday. Tadgh has been doing some excellent screen printing work recently, so I drew a picture of him producing a screen print of a birthday cake...

Happy Birth Day Kai!

My friend Shirlene gave birth to her second child and first son, Kai, at the start of September. And slightly belatedly, I got around to drawing a card to celebrate the occasion...

Happy Birth Day Ingrid!

My friends Celine and Henry very recently became parents for the first time. Here's a card I made, based on a photo they posted of their baby daughter, Ingrid...

Happy Birth Day Alex!

My friends Chris and Vicky recently had a new addition to their family in the form of their first son, Alex. I made them a card to celebrate, with their daughter Olive saying hello to her baby brother...

Happy Birth Day Hana!

My friend Kazu gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Hana – meaning flower in Japanese – at the beginning of the month. Here is a card I sent to her...



And here's a photo sent me of Hana with her card! :)

Happy Birth Day Isla!

Recently my friend Shirlene gave birth to an adorable baby girl and I decided to draw her little cartoon to celebrate the special occassion...