This is my final work.

At first,I made a rectangle by rectangle tool and colored it by blue as a background.Then, I drew a slanted line and made a cone by appearence.I choose linear type for the color.I choose yellow color for the hat as well.After that, I made a rounded symbol and mapped it by 3D effect.

I drew lip by pen tool and added to the hat just to make it like a human.Then I drew the eye by rectangle tool an colored it.

In this step, I drew foot, hands, and shoes by pen tool and colored them.Then,I added ribons to the head of hat.After that, I colored it by gardient/radial type.I just changed other color of ribons to orange,yellow andred.

Then, I drew the lines and clored it by gardient/linear type.

In this step, I drew the cake by pen tool and drew creams as well.then I rendered it by a light brown.then, I colored them by gardient/linear type.Then I made some strawberry seeds by pen tool and added to the cake.finally, I put one of the candles on it.Then, I just copy a few of them in the lines.

Then, I drew a candle and colored it by gardient /type radial.However,I colored the bottom part of the candle by linear type.I made it smaller and put it in the wavy lines.

In this step, I drew a cube by pen tool. then, I colored it by gardient in radial type.Also I drew a heart and put it in front of the cube.Then I drew a flower by pen tool and colored it by gardient as well. As you see,I have added two images, because, I wanted to show that I have colored some of the cubes in the picture by linear type.I have put a lot of cubes as well as baloons in this picture.

At last, I took a picture from internet and drew a ballon by pentool.Then I colored it by gardient.as you see in the picture, I colored the ballon by linear type and choose 60 grade for that.Then, I drew three shadows by pen tool and put it inside the ballon and colored it by a light purple. I wrote a Happy Birthday among them by T tool and colored it by black.

And this is the final text of birthday card.

This is my final work of birthday card.

I have taken my idea from these two pictures for making birthday cakes and candles.

I have taken my Idea from this hats.I choose hats, because it is one of the objects in birthdays especially children birthdays.Then, I changed it to a human that give a gift.

It is funny to know a little about the history of birthday:

It is thought the large-scale celebration of birthdays in Europe began with the non-Christian cult of Mithras, which originated in Persia(Persia is curently IRAN), and was spread by soldiers throughout the Roman Empire. Such celebrations were uncommon previously so practices from other contexts such as the Saturnalia were adapted for birthdays.

Because many Roman soldiers took to Mithraism, it was distributed widely and its influence was spread throughout the empire until it was supplanted by Chiristianity.

"Taken from WIKIPEDIA Website."

Interesting Information on Background of Birthday Cake:

Cakes were initially called by the name ‘plakous’ by the Greeks, which is a similar word to ‘flat.’ These were a combination of nuts and honey. Besides, they also made a cake called "satura," which was a flat heavy cake. It is also believed that the Greeks offered round shaped cake to the Goddess of Moon called Artemis. It is this for reason that even candles were placed on the cake to make it glow like the moon. The Romans followed the suite, with a slight change in the name of the cake, which became "placenta" as derived from the Greek term.

Definition of Birthday Cake:

In Western culture Birthday Cake is defined as a pastry or dessert served to a person on his or her birthday. Birthday cakes are usually decorated with person’s name and carry a message of congratulations. Candles equal to the number of year’s a person has been alive are also placed on the cake. There is also a tradition to place one extra candle to bring good luck. Birthday cakes are usually spongy and the most popular flavour in cakes is chocolate.

Tradition of Putting Candles on Birthday Cake:

Tradition of placing candles on Birthday cake is attributed to early Greeks, who used place lit candles on cakes to make them glow like the moon. Greeks used to take the cake to the temple of Artemis-the Goddess of Moon. Some scholars say that candles were placed on the cake because people believe that the smoke of the candle carried their wishes and prayers to Gods who lived in the skies. Others believe that the custom originated in Germany where people used to place a large candle in the centre of the cake to symbolize ‘the light of life’. In present times too, people place candles on Birthday cakes and a silent wish is made before blowing out the candle. It is believed that blowing out all candles in one breath means the wish will come true and the person with enjoy good luck in the coming year. Some also smear out the name of the person before slicing of the cake to bring good luck.

Now, I want to write about birthday celebration in Iranian culture.As everyone knows, most birthday elements are same.For example:Birthday cake, candles, Gifts and....However, I want to explain how these elements used in Iranian birthday. The cake will be decorated traditionally.Then it will typically be covered with lit candles when presented, the number of candles should be as same as person's age. We will decorate our houses by some colorful papers that used in our country. We will use colorful balloons as well.Then we will surprise the person by singing happy birthday to you which means "Tavalodet Mubarak" in Persian. The person whose birthday it is may make a silent wish and then blow out the candles. Then taht person opens her/his presents.If it was a child's birthday, then the parents would buy a lot of hats and put them on the other children head that are coming to their child's birthday. All people would dance until midnight together. They would have fun together.

This is the birthday design that I have chosen for assignment three.

This is my first scatch that I have done it for my birthday card.

This is my final work of callender. I should mention that the watermelon and pomegranate and ofcourse nuts are the most important fruits in this night.People get this fruits and getting toghether in this night.

at the last but not the least,I added two pieces of wateremelon.Firstly,I made two cyrcle by ellipse tool and eresed one of them by eraser to make a good look of the red part of it. Then I added the other one behind the first one to make the green part of the watermelon.then I made the seeds by ellipse tool.

Then I added pomegranates to my callender.First of all, I drew pomegranates by Pen tool.Secondly,I used mesh tool and eyedropper(I) to render them.

As a third step,I made a background for my calender.colored an rendered it with gardient tool.I made the stars by star tool and used a ellipse tool for the snow.I rendered snows by radial gardient.After that, I made a light by flare tool.I just wanted to make it nice.I made the callender's lines by pen tool.when I wanted to write the numbers I used the T tool.After all these,I highlighted the date that Yalda's festival is happened in it.

Then I made the children. I used pen tool and rounded rectangle tool for their bodies.After that,i rendered them with gardient.

First of all,I made my snowman. I made it by pen tool and ellipse tool.Then I rendered it by gardient tool.

Then I decided to paint 2 children;because I wanted to show they have been gathered toghether.

I added stars to show the night. after that,I added special fruits,because this fruits are eaten by people in this night.

i have chosen a snowman for my sketch,because the yalda's night happens in the first night of winter in persian callender. I have taken my idea froom this picture.

What is YALDA'S NIGHT.
This is a short describtion about this festival:
Yalda, a Syric word imported into the Persian language by the Syric Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the "Shab e Cheleh Festival" a celebration of Winter Solstice on December 21st. Forty days before the next major Persian festival "Jashn e Sadeh" this night has been celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invicta (Sun God) are amongst the best known in the Western world.
The last day of the Persian month Azar is the longest night of the year, when the forces of Ahriman are assumed to be at the peak of their strength. While the next day, the first day of the month "Day" known as "khoram rooz" or "khore rooz" (the day of sun) belongs to Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom. Since the days are getting longer and the nights shorter, this day marks the victory of Sun over the darkness. The occasion was celebrated in the festival of "Daygan" dedicated to Ahura Mazda, on the first day of the month "Day" .
It is not clear when and how the world "Yalda" entered the Persian language. The massive persecution of the early Christians in Rome brought many Christian refugees into the Sassanin Empire and it is very likely that these Christians introduced and popularized "Yalda" in Iran. Gradually "Shab e Yalda" and "Shab e Cheleh" became synonymous and the two are used interchangeably.
Today "Shab e Cheleh" is merely a social occasion, when family and friends get together for fun and merriment. Different kinds of dried fruits, nuts, seeds and fresh winter fruits are consumed. The presence of dried and fresh fruits is reminiscence of the ancient feasts to celebrate and pray to the deities to ensure the protection of the winter crops.

I have chosen this callender for my assignment 2.

I have chosen one of the Iranian holidays named:YALDA's NIGHT.

This is my first sketch.

My desktop assignment.

At the last step,I drew stars with the (star tool) and colored it in the radial type with blue and white.then I drew Starbucks mark among the stars.I choose red arrow brush for the Starbuscks mark.

Then,I made the leaves with( pen tool) and (direct selection tool).I made one of the leaves and then with the( ctrl c and ctrl v)made others.sometimes I used (convert anchor point tool).for the corner of flower I used (ellipse tool.)then I colored them seperately.

then I colored them with the linear type.I choose brawn because the ancient boxes color.

Then I made three rectangle with the (rectangle tool) and make them slanted as you see in the picture with the (direct selection tool)..

This is my process.I wanted to show how I used the tools!
First of all,I used (rectangle tool)to make a front rectangle.

This is my final work.I have chosen an especial blue that is symbol of ancient IRAN.As it is believed by some to protect from the "evil eye". I wanted the door of the box be open,because, as it was mentioned ancient people used to keep their important things in the box.I wanted that the stars be the most important part of the logo because of the name of Starbucks.

This is the process!

This is my final work.I have chosen an especial blue that is symbol of ancient IRAN.As it is believed by some to protect from the "evil eye". I wanted the door of the box be open,because, as it was mentioned ancient people used to keep their important things in the box.I wanted that the stars be the most important part of the logo because of the name of Starbucks.

I have taken my Idea from an ancient box that was used by Iranian especially women.however you can see this boxes in other eastern nations like Egypt.People were using these boxes for keeping the most important things like jewelry in it.It should be mentioned that some of ancient things have been found in these boxes..

This is my last sketch that finally I decided to redesign it.