It was an honour to be asked to illustrate the December 2021 issue of Reader's Digest UK. The art director requested something festive, colourful and fun to creat an impact for the Christmas edition
![front of reader's digest magazine with illustration of nutcracker on cover](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/80fd5c2322fc53884c488db09dd686e9/89d25f45-1f3e-4570-8ecf-da7a6807a39e_rw_1200.jpg?h=7c3c1bfcaeb0101f4a46106b6c0f63a0)
![illustration of nutcracker toy popping out of a christmas gift box in a snowy nighttime landscape](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/80fd5c2322fc53884c488db09dd686e9/e9004888-bbd0-4d6c-8d2c-65c54f14afc8_rw_1200.jpg?h=36a697afc55ac787bf1bfe674f02a559)
Below are a few of the different sketches I sent over showing different possible festive themes
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/80fd5c2322fc53884c488db09dd686e9/fedf6410-2f05-4dbe-b0f3-67d73155725c_rw_1200.jpg?h=ceffa4d840b0f77b5623d97c9f644434)