Any person from the College of Architecture would tell you that you never use your first design as your final design. There has to be an evolution...that's where great ideas stem from! So let me introduce to you my latest evolution of a design: the rehearsal dinner invitation for my brother's wedding. I had picked out the two designs below a long, long time ago {sidenote: there may only be ONE thing that catches my attention on an inspiration image, but I nonetheless save it to it's respectable folder and wait until I need it again}.
Remember my post from before on wood? That's where I was wanting to go with these invitations. Then I found these neat cards at Michael's and I knew they were perfect. Let the printing process begin...
SIDENOTE: To get the spacing correct, I probably printed this thing 25+ times.
The green part is an envelope with a cutout in the middle where "please join us" shows through. So you pull out the actual invitation from inside the green card.
Attempt #1: This was just a quick attempt in Photoshop, where I didn't know what information actually needed to go on the invite, I knew my parents would hate the fonts, and I stole the tree and tree ring from other places. The main point of this one was to see if my parents would like the tree, enough for me to draw my own.
Attempt #2: changed fonts, messed with wording, still playing...
It just didn't make sense to have a tree ring sitting up on it's edge like that. So I x-nayed the tree ring and decided to make my own tree stump (much more believable?). I sketched the image above, scanned it in, and started playing in Photoshop...
Attempt #3: I could not for the life of me figure out what to put on the tree stump. Mom did NOT like having the J+T on the tree stump because it was on a dead tree then...once she said it, I knew I couldn't leave it there. We also got rid of "A rehearsal dinner"...changing it just to "rehearsal dinner."
Attempt #4: We shortened the wording (getting rid of "to honor the bride and groom-to-be), and then Mom decided that it needed MAPLE leaves falling to the ground (to be more realistic). And you all wonder where my perfectionism comes from.
Attempt #5: The actual invitation! Complete with maple leaves falling (they wanted their wedding in the fall), J+T on the tree that is still ALIVE, and Lydia happy with the end result.
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Lydia, they turned out great!! Along with the "never use your first design" approach...I always think back to the simple art class days that I was able to attend in gradeschool, (I think we went once a week) my art teacher at the time told me "A good artist knows when to stop." It had to of been in 4th or 5th grade.
It has stuck with me forever, and a lot of the time is the hardest part of a design. Especially for those of our kind who desire the absolute perfect outcome. Well, I believe you did it! These are great and you seemed to have made all the right changes. I like being able to see the transformation all in one place here. Thanks for posting this!
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