2019 Holiday advent calendar, featuring a different holiday food for each day of December until Christmas, revealed by a lifting tray.

The Brief: To create a fun holiday promotion for social media featuring a different food for each day in the advent lead-up to the Christmas holiday. Each day had three images: one with the closed lid and date (which was the grid image featured on Instagram), then the user would swipe to reveal and see the tray lifted, and then the final food revealed.

Role: Graphic designer and illustrator responsible for concept, design, and implementation of all lettering and illustration.

Tools Used: Procreate app, iPad Pro, Apple pencil.

The entire illustrated food series of final food and drink illustrations for the holiday advent calendar 2019.

Sugar cookies, from closed tray, to partially open, to full food reveal.

Detail of sugar cookie illustration in progress…

Detail of orange, with the tray top and date Dec. 4 visible.

Trifle, for Dec. 10. Detail of closed tray, tray lifting, and final food illustration revealed.

Hot Buttered Rum, for Dec. 13. Detail of closed tray, tray lifting, and final beverage illustration revealed.

Detail of Christmas cake, illustrated and revealed.

Shrimp cocktail, for Dec. 22. Detail of closed tray, tray lifting, and final food revealed.

Ham, for Dec. 23. Detail of closed tray, tray lifting, and final food revealed.

Christmas Pudding, for Dec. 24. Detail of closed tray, tray lifting, and final food revealed.

A variant greeting image used for the holiday season with some festive lettering! For the They Draw and Cook holiday foods submission.

The variant illustration using the same foods, shown on the They Draw and Cook website.

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