Mid-Century Illustration Fun: Make it Jolly

Hello Mid-Century lovers and welcome to part three of my Mid-Century Illustration Fun series!
In this class, we’ll focus on recreating the charming printed look of vintage greeting cards and posters by designing a Mid-Century–style holiday card — perfect to share with your loved ones or to add to your print-on-demand shop.

Today, we’re going to create a cheerful greeting card that lets us play with a wider range of colors. We’ll focus on achieving that typical grainy, printed look with all its lovely textures and subtle misalignments.

We’ll be working digitally in Procreate again — and, as always, my classes come with plenty of resources! You’ll get all the brushes and the color palette you need to follow along, plus my popular Jitterbug font, free for you to use in your illustration.

Just like in my other classes, I’ll guide you step by step through the whole process — from the rough sketch to color interaction and print effects — until you end up with a design full of the retro charm we all adore.

This class is a follow-up to my Mid-Century Illustration Fun: Make it Wonky class, so I recommend checking that one out first to build a solid foundation.

So — are you ready to get jolly?
Then I’ll see you in class!