I drew that second rabbit from a couple of weeks back for my brother, whose birthday is coming up in mid-September. I knew I needed to make the drawing part of something else since I dislike giving or receiving non-utilitarian artwork that is supposed to be displayed... unless the prospective recipient has previously seen the work and fallen in love with it. I feel like it places too much of a burden on the recipient to hang a piece that they might not like enough to want to look at constantly, never mind something they might not have the space for.
For a while, I couldn't figure out what to do with the drawing that I thought he might like (he's extremely pragmatic) and that I felt would be both special enough to rate as a gift and that would honor the spirit of the work. Using a print of the drawing as a birthday card just felt stingy (and the original is much bigger than greeting card size). Then someone suggested making a series of blank notecards that he could use, perhaps as thank you cards for something related to his new daughter. Perfect.
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