Christmas Illustration-How to draw a Christmas notebook

Is the image of Santa Claus red from the beginning?

Christmas (December 25th) is coming soon, and all high-rise buildings in Beijing have begun to carefully decorate and prepare to welcome this festive foreign festival.

When it comes to Christmas, everyone naturally thinks of the fat man with a white beard, wearing a red (specifically, red and white, but mainly red) big cotton-padded jacket. Cute Santa Claus!

In Western fairy tales, Santa Claus rides a sleigh pulled by 9 reindeer on the night of December 24th every year and enters the house through the chimney. After they are asleep, they quietly put the gifts in socks on the children's bedside or under the Christmas tree by the fireplace.

Nowadays, many people wear red Santa hats every Christmas. And the Santa Claus in every shopping mall or building is also red.

But was the image of Santa Claus red from the beginning?

Actually not.

So why did it turn red later? Today we will talk about the story of Christmas and Santa Claus.

Christmas, also known as Christmas, translated as "Christ's Mass" (Mass is a liturgy of the church), is a traditional festival in the West. Since December 25th of the Gregorian calendar is the day when Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus, it is called "Christmas".

Originally, Christmas was only a Christian holiday. Later, with the popularity of Christmas cards and the emergence of Santa Claus, people paid special attention to it and developed into a national holiday in Western countries. It is the most popular holiday of the year in Western countries. The grandest festival is equivalent to the Chinese Spring Festival.

The birth of Santa Claus originated from European folklore.

According to common parlance, Santa Claus refers to Nicholas, the bishop of Asia Minor in the 4th century AD. He was famous for his affability and generous aid to the poor.

But the image of Santa Claus we see now was created by the famous Swedish illustrator Hatton Sambu in 1931, based on his friend Lo Plantis. It was from 1931 that the image of Santa Claus began to be unified and fixed as the image of "an old man wearing a red robe, a white beard, a kind smile, and a naive attitude" that we can see everywhere today.

Before 1931, the colors of Santa Claus in Western countries were different, usually yellow and green (now Westerners use red, green and white as Christmas colors). And Santa Claus at that time was not a fat man; on the contrary, Santa Claus before 1931 was often haggard and skinny.

Yes, it was not until 1931 that the image of Santa Claus changed from yellow or green and skinny to red and fat. The "mastermind" behind all these changes is not Hatton Sambuh. Although he personally created this classic image of Santa Claus, he was only entrusted by others. The real "mastermind" is actually the world-famous Coca-Cola. company.

At that time, the Coca-Cola Company signed a contract with Hatton Shanbu to create an image of Santa Claus drinking Coke, and insisted that the color of Santa Claus's clothes must be bright Coca-Cola red. Therefore, Hatton Sambuh created the classic "wearing a red robe, a white beard, a kind smile, taking off a red hat in one hand, and holding up a bottle of Coca-Cola" based on his friend Robert Prentiss. Santa Claus image. Later, Coca-Cola made this image of Santa Claus into a poster, and wrote the famous slogan: "The Pause That Refreshes" below the poster.

In the following thirty years, Hatton Sambuh continued to create hundreds of advertising paintings for the Coca-Cola Company. The image of Coca-Cola's red Santa Claus that he designed has also taken over the world with the large-scale sales of Coca-Cola. The red Santa Claus has therefore become the standard image of Santa Claus.

Today, Santa Claus has become a global cultural icon.

It is no exaggeration to say that Coca-Cola Company single-handedly unified the image of Santa Claus. Therefore, Coca-Cola also registered the image of Santa Claus as its own trademark.

Yes, Coca-Cola Company created the classic image of Santa Claus, and in turn, Coca-Cola Company has always benefited from this. However, Santa Claus's influence does not stop there.

In the late 20th century, with the huge influence of Santa Claus, Santa Claus's House tourism appeared in Santa Claus' hometown - Rovaniemi in the Lapland region of northern Finland. Attractions. This Santa Claus Village currently has only 50 "genuine Santa Clauses" in the world who have been strictly audited, trained and licensed, and their appearance fees are even as high as 200,000 yuan.

In this way, the influence of Santa Claus is evident. How to draw a Christmas handbook

The method of drawing a Christmas handbook is: make a bujo border normally, and add some stripes, garlands, Christmas socks, snowflakes and other elements to the side. It is recommended to use simple drawings or stickers. , convenient and practical.

In addition, there are:

1. Full-page hand-painted Christmas elements of the same type.

Balloons, Christmas stockings, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, gift boxes and other small objects are all hand-painted on the handbook in different colors. The colors are bright and gorgeous, which can highlight the festive atmosphere of the festival. However, this is suitable for those who can draw, but the hand-drawing skills are not very good. It is recommended to mainly use simple drawings or collages, so as not to lose confidence in the account after failure, which will outweigh the gains.

2. Element accumulation type.

Those who are not good at typesetting can consider this method. They can collect some Christmas elements, either hand-drawn or collaged, and lay them out on one page one by one. There is no need to worry too much about the placement and direction. , as long as it covers the entire page, and you can also use tape to make a border around it, the festive Christmas feeling will appear immediately.

3. White space and simple style.

As shown below, the tapes are collaged into a Christmas tree in an orderly manner according to a theme. It is simple and elegant, and very suitable for the occasion. If you like to draw, you can also set aside a separate page to draw a pattern, such as Christmas wreaths, Santa Claus, and Christmas gift boxes. There is no unnecessary decoration next to it.

4. Pure collage style.

This method is the first choice for collage lovers. Collage various Christmas-style materials according to your own ideas, and add various ropes for decoration. It has both three-dimensional and retro feel. The materials can be promotional leaflets from various shopping malls, gift wrapping paper, homemade bookmarks, small hand-drawn illustrations, etc. This method is also suitable for gift box packaging, which has the fresh and refined beauty of forest style. How to draw a picture of a Christmas tree on a mobile phone

How to draw a Christmas tree on a mobile phone:

Open the memo on the mobile phone and enter its home page interface. On the memo home page, click the pen-shaped icon in the lower right corner to add a new memo. In the pop-up window, select the black circle button surrounding the brush, click it, and you will enter the painting page.

When you go to the painting operation page, you will see the painting tools such as brushes and colors at the bottom. At this time, you can choose the pens you need and the colors you want to create the Christmas tree you want. . After you finish creating your Christmas tree, you can click the Done button to save it.

How to learn illustration:

First of all, sketching is the foundation before learning illustration, because the practice of painting has a great impact on the artist's modeling ability and control of light and shadow effects. While fully understanding the structure, you can also improve your painting skills. Illustration involves the use of various lines, so lines are the most basic.

It is necessary to master the strength, length, thickness, and the relationship between virtual and real lines. Different parts should be represented by different lines. Also learn hue, hue, value, saturation, warm and cold tones, complementary colors, adjacent colors, similar colors, etc. And the different visual experiences brought by different colors.

Each painting must be collected through thinking, composition, character modeling, artistic style, color, etc. Moreover, you need to think about the information you have collected, so that you can analyze the source of interest well, help you draw better references in your creation, and avoid simple plagiarism.