St Patrick's Day Stamp for the Irish Post Office, An Post
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Original pencils ideas submitted to the design committee. I really wanted an Arts & Crafts feel for the design.
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rough colour showing amends requested by client - Design was inpsired by original Irish stamps from the 1920s. I wanted to retain some of those wonderful vintage colours
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colour options based on feedback from design committee - I really wanted to hand letter the typography (I do feel howerever, this type was a little too complicated for the size)
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Final design... personally I would have loved to have gone with the hand lettering and a more subtle colouring, but.....
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final printed stamps
Available to order on line at IrishStamps.ie