Yonatan was turning 21. His mum asked me to make him a birthday card showing
him wearing his black army vest top with the logo and name
Magist (מאגיסט) on it. Yonatan's black vest in fact has the logo
on the back of it but, with some artistic licence, I put it on the front.
The MAG (a heavy machine gun) is one of the oldest and most powerful
weapons of the IDF (the Israel Defence Forces).
A Magist (heavy machine gunner) is a soldier who, on long
marches and trips into the field, is charged with carrying a gun five times
the weight of the normal M-16 rifle most soldiers carry, and wearing a
tactical vest weighing twice as much as well.
Mum also asked me to show Yonatan playing the guitar. I didn't want to
cover his vest, so had him holding the guitar instead. In the background I
added two badges of Sayeret Golani, the Golani brigade's
scouting unit. It is one of several units which specialize in intelligence gathering and surveillance. Sayeret (סיירת) means "Reconnaissance",
Golani is one of
the five infantry brigades of the IDF.
A big 21 marks Yonatan's age.
14-year-old Yishai is Yonatan's cousin. He had seen the cards I have made
for Yonatan and his brothers over the years and put in a request for his
own. Apparently he loves my cards and they have inspired him to make a few
in a similar style to mine.
Yishai wanted me to show him with Disneyworld in the background. He has big
blue-turquoise eyes, his mum told me, so we decided to show him wearing a
T-shirt of that colour. She asked me to add a 14 on the card as well.
The card was very well received. "It is gorgeous!" mum messaged me. "Just
perfect!"
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