My friend Nick asked me back in August, if I was going to do something for his 25th birthday party invitations, what would I do? And I immediately thought of this:

With this on the inside:

Nick tells me they were a great hit, and I have to say, I had a ton of fun doing them. He sent me dozens of photos from his childhood that I’d never seen before — I have to say, before I did these, I never realized how big Nick’s ears were! Poor kid.

They’re all done with pen & Copic marker, and then scanned and (after realizing how bad my scanner is with blond/brownish midtones) color corrected by hand. I delivered via emailed pdf, so he could print them onto his own cards at home, and then mailed the originals along in his birthday card as his gift.

Happy (now long past) Birthday, Nick!