Ok, yes, 1) Ramadan 2019 is over, and 2) this card I made is now officially from two Ramadans ago. However, I couldn't not post about my experience using the
Wacom Intuos Pro Paper tablet to create a digital image that I then printed onto a set of standard cards. The process was basically seamless, and the hardest part of it was trying to figure out what design to draw. Generally, I drew out the design with pencil first, and then went over it on a paper (which was clipped on the tablet) using the pen the tablet came with. As a I drew, the tablet rendered the design onto my laptop in live time. When complete, I saved the design as a photo file (.PNG or .JPEG) on my laptop. From there, it was just a matter of figuring out how to print the design on the card (and inserting the card into the printer correctly). No need to take the design to any card printing service- I printed from home!
The design consisted of "Ramadan Mubarak" text with a crescent and "Ramadan Kareem" written in Arabic. Since I only had one pen and it did not allow for varying thickness, I added my own shadows to the lettering for a darker and more prominent look.
After printing the cards, I included some more personalized messages inside, and the cards were mailed off! Unfortunately, though I had planned for it (and gone so far as to draw out the design), I wasn't able to make cards for Ramadan 2019. Here's to hopefully next Ramadan!
