Merry Christmas Carousel Apple

Professional Christmas greeting poster, vertical, gouache cartoon illustration. [Colors] Blush pink #F7C3C8 fading into coral red #E8484F at the base, apple red #D62828 with cream flesh #F6D7A8, forest green #2C6E49, butter yellow #F2C14E. [Layout] A loose brush headline sits at the top with a small date stamp in the right corner; the centre is dominated by a huge apple whose hollowed half becomes a carousel canopy, characters hanging beneath it; a caption block rests at the bottom above a thin contact strip. [Typography] Energetic dry-brush display lettering, a fine script English line beneath it, and small bracketed caps for the closing sentence. [Subject] A hollowed red apple turned into a carousel: Santa and two reindeer suspended on strings, garlands of lights looping under the canopy, a gingerbread man, a tiny decorated pine and wrapped gifts on the ground. [Lighting & mood] Diffused pastel daylight, soft gouache grain, childlike and warm. [Details] Hanging candies and baubles, snow caps on the apple rim, scattered stars and a stitched seam along the apple base; text limited to "MERRY CHRISTMAS", "ALL GOOD THINGS SHINE TONIGHT". Finish: gouache cartoon.