We just finished creating our 20th studio Happy Holidays card.

My boys, Rocketboy and Gears, decided back in January of 2019 that we needed to do a noir scene this year.

The back story for the book cover went kind of nuts. There was a story line involving a Mr. S Claus’s illegitimate daughter, an addiction to something called icicles and more mayhem than would normally be in old books that the card series is loosely based on.

So, we did have to rein things in a bit…

Anyway, the background was created in Blender and we did a little shopping for some props. The 1962 CD V-715 Radiological Survey Meter in Gears hand was purchased this summer at a flea market. And, Rocketboy’s drill was picked up a few years back.

Never know when you might need props like this!

I hope you enjoy it and we at the studio are looking forward to a rockin’ 2020!

Be sure to check out more behind the scenes and Christmas Cards from past adventures.