On December 1st, we greet you!
In December 2020, I gave myself a challenge: to draw everyday, until Christmas, something related to the beloved holiday. The result? Lots of elves.
This is one of my favorite personal projects until now and I'm really proud to see it completed. It felt like a marathon during which I learned how to better manage my time and energy, and how to tackle these kinds of challenges in the future.
Towards the end, I had a few days when I thought about giving up (I had no more ideas, I was tired from client work), but my friends encouraged me to continue, so I carried on creating. The thing that struck me was that often times, the days when I didn't feel like it, where the days that offered some of my favorite drawings.
On December 2 and 3, we bring a tiny gift and display our elven strength.
On December 4, we're getting ready for delivering presents on Christmas Eve.
On December 5, we celebrate Saint Nicholas Eve in Romania, where I'm from. Children clean their boots and wait for Saint Nicholas (Mos Nicolae) to bring them candy and small gifts if they've been good, or a twig if they've been bad.
On December 6, we get our tree ornaments ready, and on December 7... we just sit on a gift box. 😆
On December 8, we make a snowman! But the following day, we're hard at work!
December 10 is for showing off our ice-skating skills. Or lack of...
On December 11, we celebrate friendship; on December 12, a little bear showed up.
On December 13, we bring some light!
On December 14, we feel sad and worried. *Not even elves can be happy all the time. It is, after all, 2020. Sigh...
On December 15, we enjoy some winter activities!
On December 16, we enjoy a cup of hot-chocolate; then, on December 17, we make snow-angels!
On December 18, we warm our hands and feet! *One of my favorite drawings from the project.
On December 19, we fall asleep too easily. December 20 is for celebrating the birthdays that get ignored because they're too close to Christmas or New Year; on December 22, we show off our baking skills.
*On December 21, I gave away a printable PDF with some coloring pages with the elves
On December 23, we decorate the Christmas tree!
It's December 24! We wish you "Merry Christmas"!
Want more Christmas cheer? Check out my Christmas and Winter Illustrations or my Christmas Vector collection.
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