![christmas window illustration for Ask Italian](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/946621d99f5b698d53da7e77a11af0b1/fa3f7e87-a692-4197-97cd-cc1e92b62e1d_rw_3840.jpg?h=0ab340f4ffe48b15535a6da5399014cc)
I was commissioned by ASK Italian to create a Christmas window mural for their Shrewsbury store. The brief was to celebrate life’s great moments in a ‘new old-fashioned way’ and show that they'd like to give back to customers during the difficult time of the cost of living crisis.
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This was how my initial sketch looked.
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