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WEdding   invites: a Little Bit of detail

3/30/2014

 
There comes a time, in every serious relationship, where the man (me)  must decide weather he has chosen his correct future Mrs.  I in fact came to make this very decision back in August of 2013.... I chose yes. So what I did was take my mom to the ring store for some back up. My mom did her recon and helped very much to choose the perfect wedding ring. 

After that I was stuck with the task of asking her father . it took me about three tries to finally build the courage to ask  for his permission, the first time I walked over to ask he was chopping wood... with an axe. which I realized immediately that I had to show him my worth as a man before I committed to asking him. I told him to take a break for a while.  In doing so I somehow cut a small slice in my back. I couldn't ask that day.... I had to ask a few days later after my embarrassment wore off.

then to pick the place, the only place I could think of was on our rock climbing trip. everything went perfectly. on the top of the highest peak we could climb I asked my best friend to merry me.

Now comes the good part :)

Since I am a graphic designer I also got to create my own wedding invites! this probably isn't something most guys are excited about but I just was. after a few different theme changes we finally came up with the only choice that made any sense. Adventure


So we wrote the story of us and how we met. I started some different concepts and the illustration. 
 
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And what is a graphic designers wedding without a logo?
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I knew right away the logo would have to look some how like a patch of some kind. I really liked the Idea of an achievement badge as we were achieving something very important. 
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After the concepts and sketch stage was done I started thinking about different ways to illustrate my idea. I wanted the look to be very simple yet i also wanted the theme of adventure. I thought of a few different styles but the one I landed on was a 1960's style with hard lines and little curves. I fell in love with the style and knew the minute I saw it that it was the perfect style for the job. 
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Looking at the color of the illustration I realized that if this were a true 60s illustration it would be a bit more likely if I was doing a one or two color job just to save on ink costs. (today's printing technology makes full color much more accessible) So I went with Blue and decided to print on a light tan card stock (Im so glad I did, they turned out better then I could have hoped)
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I really liked the flat look to these but I wanted to ad some texture to make it look as though I drew them with a pencil. So I scribbled some charcoal on a rough sheet of paper and scanned it in. I then screened the texture over the illustration and varied the opacity on different colors.
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this is the exact look I was going for, structured, classic, and subtle  
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The finished product looks something like this. the natural colored card stock ads just the right amount of color and character to the invite. I couldn't be more happy with the way they turned out. I will have a nice photo of the finished product in my portfolio under illustrations in a few days. 
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Sharon
3/30/2014 11:01:16 pm

Ben you are amazing and so romantic. I love this story

Michelle
3/31/2014 04:33:06 am

This is amazing…….start to finish! I am so happy that you shared your story and that the two of you are ready for the next adventure- Congratulations!!

Ben Brick
3/31/2014 10:35:09 am

Thank you guys for reading. I'm glad you liked it. I will be trying my best to write weekly now, I only hope I have enough to write about.

Paulette
3/31/2014 12:01:21 pm

That was the best story I've read in a long time. Congrats to you Ben. I can't wait to meet your lovely bride.

Ben Brick
3/31/2014 12:37:29 pm

Thank you. You two would get along splendidly!


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