The Gift of Christmas Artwork to Sick Children

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Christmas Wish Project Artwork by Jesus Ramirez

Each year, the Photoshop Training Channel, along with other Photoshop masters, has collaborated with the Christmas Wish Project to create magical portraits for sick children. 

Karen Alsop, founder of the Christmas Wish Project, and other photographers teamed up with Santa to visit them in hospitals and take some portraits.

These portraits are sent to skilled Photoshop masters around the globe to turn them into Christmas Wonderland artworks to be printed and gifted to these families. 

This project aims to bring a little Christmas joy to families facing tough times due to their children’s health challenges. For some of these families, this was their first professional photo of their child. For others, this may be their last, as we cater to some gravely ill young people.

Christmas 2022, I worked with Grace, who suffers from an autoimmune disease.
After going through a significant health challenge in 2021, I felt more connected with the project.

Grace and her mom Nicole meeting Santa during the studio photo shoot
This is Grace with her mom, Nicole, meeting Santa in the studio.
Grace sitting with Santa and telling him what kind of puppy she wants for Christmas
Grace shares what kind of puppy she likes for Christmas.

In 2021, the team could not photograph Grace in person as she was too sick.
But this year, she could meet Santa, which was truly magical!

Photoshop Master Editors

Christmas Wish editors are experienced Photoshop artists who volunteer their time for three weeks each year to edit artwork for families that are photographed by the in-person teams.

These masters of Photoshop take on one special edit each year including Jesús Ramirez (Photoshop Training Channel), Colin Smith (Photoshop Cafe), Mark Heaps, Kelly Clark, Joel Robison, Ben Shirk, Bren Slade, Angelo van der Klift, and Founder, Karen Alsop​​​​​​​.

Christmas Wish composite artwork edited by Jesus Ramirez for the project

To learn more about the project, visit their website here:
https://christmaswish.myportfolio.com/
www.theheartproject.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/theheartproject.com.au

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Jesús Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez is a graphic designer and the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, which he started in 2012 and has grown past two million YouTube subscribers. He has taught at Adobe MAX, Adobe Summit, and Photoshop World, teaches courses for CreativeLive and Pluralsight, and was one of five artists chosen for Adobe Stock's Make a Masterpiece campaign. His Photoshop templates shipped inside Photoshop CC 2018.

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