I was born in South Africa, and so barbecuing was always a big part of our family life (we called it a “braai” over there). My Dad has also moved to the UK but even the weather over here has never dampened his enthusiasm for a good barbecue – he’s been known to braai in the snow!
I made him a braai themed Father’s Day card and it was so well received I decided to create a ‘Happy Birthday Dad‘ card for my Etsy shop along the same lines.
Here’s my sketchbook showing the original barbecue themed illustrations I did for the birthday card:
I then hand lettered the wording, after which I arranged everything digitally to create the birthday card.
Here’s the final product in black and white and in colour – I added the colour digitally:
(If your dad is also a big BBQ fan you can buy the card from my Etsy shop.)
Doing drawings of everyday things as a collection is a lot of fun, so you’ll probably see plenty more themed illustration collections on my blog if you stick around. Let me know if there’s a particular theme you’d like to see on here.