PROJECT - POSTCARD

postcard

artist statement

for my postcard, i wanted to create something that reminded me of the postcards i would see in my childhood out in the western part of maryland. my family has always spent a lot of time out in garrett county, maryland, so i remember driving out there and seeing the roads and old barns on the side. so i really wanted to create something that had a sense of nostalgia for that. 

i took photos from pixabay, unsplash, morguefile, and free range. i tried to find photos actually from oakland, maryland, but most of those were premium on shutterstock. so i found photos that reminded me of the country roads we would take and the sights we'd see, especially in the fall. to create a sort of vintage, faded look, i used satin's "color burn" mode and basic feather at different amounts for each photo. 

i used a deep red for the postcard title, "ON THE ROAD", which i picked for the many hours we spent in the car going from annapolis to oakland. for the postcard background and lines, i used a brown to keep with the fall theme. i then placed my tagbrush logo, which looks a little out of place. i do want to go back and redo that, but i do think in this case it looks like a stamp, which always seemed sort of out of place when i used them.