I’ve spent a large part of the day scanning and enhancing some cigarette cards that we have and after much to-ing and fro-ing between Picnik and Photoshop I’ve managed to remove most of the signs of age from this set of Dickens Characters.
These cigarette cards were collected, we presume, by Alasdair’s Grandma in 1912 when they were first included in packets of John Player cigarettes. I have to say I’m very attached to the cards and I’m sure the originals will have a special place in our home just as soon as we have a completed wall to put them on…long, long story that sadly doesn’t ever seem to get much shorter. Anyway, I digress, the images are now neatly sorted into PNG files and a PDF and are available for purchase from our shop.
Also, just so you don’t think I’ve been completely overcome by capitalist urges…here’s a bit of a freebie. The image below will be available to download for free until the end of May. To get the file just right click and choose ‘save picture as…’ and if you want the whole set, including some of our favourite characters from Oliver Twist, they are only $1.99 in the shop.
Tags: art, collage, craft, digital downloads, etsy, harder than it looks
