Don't you just love the look of letterpress!?! I think it is my favorite printing style. This spring I was able to create this invitation for a lovely young bride.
The mother of the bride wanted a little flourish to adorn the return address. I got a little carried away but she loved it.
To create the flourish, I drew half of the design with a pointed nib and sumi ink on white paper. I scanned this into Adobe Illustrator, cleaned up the image, and then mirrored it.
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| Pointed pen sketch |
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| Finished flourish |
The names on the invitation were also scanned and imported into Adobe Photoshop, where the remaining wording of the invitation had been arranged.
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| Detail of names. |
