These examples will explain to you how you can improve your own photographs. Perhaps some of these recommendations are obvious to you, but if you stick with them, your shots will certainly become more expressive.
It could be a perfect Christmas present. Unfortunately you won't manage to get it down before Christmas. You don't have to be an artist, all you need an image editing software to make the sketch, push pins and a lot of time. This project took about 6 months and 9,600 push pins. Take a look.