Yesterday was my birthday. Thanks to all friends and family who sent their greetings.

I didn’t have any birthday cake this year (or last year, or the year before that, or the…), since there is no one around with a heart to make such a thing for me. So I decided to try my hand at making something in Photoshop, the challenge being to draw it from scratch without using any source art. This represents about 45 minutes (if I had more drawing experience, I could no doubt chop that time down; but drawing is not a regular part of my design job). Here is the result: