Sensational Animated Advent Calendar From jacquielawson.com Now Available for iPad!

LURGASHALL, England, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacquie Lawson has followed up the tremendous popularity of last year's animated Advent Calendar by releasing an iPad app featuring the classy artwork, quirky humour, and elegant animations that fans have come to cherish. The original Advent Calendar, introduced last year, was a runaway hit with more than 700,000 sold, and now, in addition to taking advantage of the existing PC and Mac versions, iPad users can also share in the fun.

The Advent Calendar features a beautifully-drawn background scene of a village at Christmastime, and each day an exquisite new animation becomes available to view – each one a small work of art, some humorous, others heart-warming.   All are accompanied by tasteful Christmas music, written or arranged specially to match the animation.  The background scene changes from day to nighttime in coordination with the iPad's clock, and there are dozens of other tiny details which develop as the month progresses, so there's always something new to experience.

"Last year our digital Advent Calendar became an essential part of the build-up to Christmas for hundreds of thousands of families the world over," said Mike Hughes-Chamberlain, co-founder  of the phenomenally successful e-cards company, "and this Christmas the immediacy and convenience of the iPad will bring enjoyment to thousands more."

The Advent Calendar is a perfect early Christmas present for friends and family, and even business colleagues and clients.  It's environmentally friendly and, at just $2.99 a copy, it's a great value and a great way to share a common experience with friends and loved ones throughout the season.

Click here to purchase the app from the Apple Store.  If you don't have an iPad, or would like a demo and more details of the PC and Mac versions, click here.

About Jacquie Lawson

Jacquie Lawson lives in the small English village of Lurgashall, in West Sussex. She trained as an illustrator at St. Martin's School of Art, and has more than 20 years' experience in many areas of drawing, painting and design, including architectural perspectives, book illustration and cartoons.  She began working on e-cards in 2000, and by the following year her animations were becoming so popular that she teamed up with Mike Hughes-Chamberlain to meet the demand by creating the jacquielawson.com website.  Over the years, a select few additional artists have joined the team, and the collection of e-cards has grown to its current total of nearly 200, each one showing a degree of artistry and attention to detail rarely seen in this medium.  For more information, and to see all of the available e-cards, visit www.jacquielawson.com.

SOURCE jacquielawson.com