Well, it’s that time of year again. For anyone who didn’t get a card from me (yet), here’s the e-version:

I really discovered the joy of smart objects with this one. Working back and forth between Photoshop and Illustrator is so much friendlier with these things- you can scale endlessly without degradation (it’s like having a little .eps embedded in your .psd). And get this: edit a smart object in its native program, and it automatically updates in photoshop!

Another sort-of-cool experiment here: I cut a mask for “Christmas” and the star, then sprayed the cards with clear coat for a poor-man’s spot varnish. A lot of work, but it was lotsa fun.