![Range of illustrated birthday cards created for Diabetes Australia and children/teenagers with type 1 diabetes.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a409993b9385dee6f500698cb5e4b44/97feb17898a05107a7bbbec9_rw_1200.jpg?h=d148e4bdfbea62e33713b79f1a7d8407)
![Detail from card design showing illustration of cat holding present and floating with helium balloons](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a409993b9385dee6f500698cb5e4b44/914a8be71d6fd2ed3240825f_rw_600.jpg?h=8a32b5ea7f9bef9954a6c0f261fbde69)
![Colourful explosion of streamers from a present box, created for those turning 15 years of age.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a409993b9385dee6f500698cb5e4b44/f29b213b162a165b20879317_rw_1200.jpg?h=1c1f16acb03945cd40907b585c864487)
![Illustration and birthday card design showing a pile of colourfully patterned present boxes, with person wearing a birthday party hat hidden behind the boxes; created for those turning 14 years of age.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a409993b9385dee6f500698cb5e4b44/e5ddd19f1fafbb74169ef3b9_rw_1200.jpg?h=1212e9b6741237f787b606edaa095430)
![Cat holding birthday present and floating with helium balloons; created for those turning 13 years of age.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a409993b9385dee6f500698cb5e4b44/0e59ed407af538b30f6652e5_rw_1200.jpg?h=e130acef338544c61d308f6b5ceeb74e)
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These illustrations were commissioned by Diabetes Australia for a series of birthday card designs for ages 12–15. The aim of these birthday greeting cards was to encourage young people with type 1 diabetes to maintain their engagement with the health care system. The illustrations needed to be vibrant and light-hearted whilst avoiding the ideas of sugar and birthday cake, they also needed to visually appeal to both females and males of each specific age.