so in the last post i covered the making of the invites for my friend's wedding in march. after that was done, i then designed the bonbonierre, orders of service, menus and table numbers. it was such a big job! it was my own fault though - i suggested the bonbonierre vinyl-sticker idea and so gave myself more work!
the first and biggest job was the bonbonierre. i previously worked for a company that did a lot of signage, so lots of self-adhesive vinyl (sav) printing, so i knew a bit about it. the original idea was to use votives as bonbonierre and wrap them in translucent paper, but printing on translucent paper has its issues. so i suggested the sav print wrap for the votives. this proved to be harder than i thought, since the glasses, although looking like they had straight sides, were actually a bit slanted, meaning that the design had to be an arc. oh man, i had to pull out my old maths knowledge to design that one - i tried wrapping the votive with contact, but that was fairly messy and inaccurate (and i am nothing if not a perfectionist!).
in the end, i managed to get a nice arc, which i then had to get the design to fit (it had to arc too). after a few annoying test prints, i finally got one that was perfect - it joined together perfectly, and appeared to be parallel to the glass all around!!
this is my little votive:
the first and biggest job was the bonbonierre. i previously worked for a company that did a lot of signage, so lots of self-adhesive vinyl (sav) printing, so i knew a bit about it. the original idea was to use votives as bonbonierre and wrap them in translucent paper, but printing on translucent paper has its issues. so i suggested the sav print wrap for the votives. this proved to be harder than i thought, since the glasses, although looking like they had straight sides, were actually a bit slanted, meaning that the design had to be an arc. oh man, i had to pull out my old maths knowledge to design that one - i tried wrapping the votive with contact, but that was fairly messy and inaccurate (and i am nothing if not a perfectionist!).
in the end, i managed to get a nice arc, which i then had to get the design to fit (it had to arc too). after a few annoying test prints, i finally got one that was perfect - it joined together perfectly, and appeared to be parallel to the glass all around!!
this is my little votive:
one of my lovely friends Erin got married a fortnight ago... awwww.
not only did i have the pleasure of being one of her bridesmaids, but i did all the design for the wedding - from the invitation, to the bonbonierre, menus and orders of service. it was quite a big job, so i will split this post into two to cover it all.
here is a shot of the pre-wedding design - the invitations, rsvp card, map, belly band and envelopes for the invitations
at the request of the bride, the invitations were dl size, with a gate fold at the front. erin isn't really a big fan of bows and the like so i came up with the bellyband as an alternative to using ribbon or something similar. the pattern was inspired by a victorian pattern in a wallpaper book of mine - because the wedding was really traditional, it made sense to use a more traditional styled pattern.
read on, read on!
not only did i have the pleasure of being one of her bridesmaids, but i did all the design for the wedding - from the invitation, to the bonbonierre, menus and orders of service. it was quite a big job, so i will split this post into two to cover it all.
here is a shot of the pre-wedding design - the invitations, rsvp card, map, belly band and envelopes for the invitations
at the request of the bride, the invitations were dl size, with a gate fold at the front. erin isn't really a big fan of bows and the like so i came up with the bellyband as an alternative to using ribbon or something similar. the pattern was inspired by a victorian pattern in a wallpaper book of mine - because the wedding was really traditional, it made sense to use a more traditional styled pattern.
read on, read on!
18/05: moo cards
at the end of april, moo and etsy were running a promotion where you could get 50 free business cards.
although i already have 2 permutations of my business card, i thought it might be nice to put my illustrations on the cards - a bit different you know? i just got them back yesterday and they look great - i am really impressed by the printing! take a look:
i had a bit of a snag when uploading images though - you can add 50 individual images so each card has a different image. so i thought great i'll put a few up, not thinking that my 300dpi illustration files might stuff up the system! in the end, i ended up getting a different set to the images i thought actually went through!
although i already have 2 permutations of my business card, i thought it might be nice to put my illustrations on the cards - a bit different you know? i just got them back yesterday and they look great - i am really impressed by the printing! take a look:
i had a bit of a snag when uploading images though - you can add 50 individual images so each card has a different image. so i thought great i'll put a few up, not thinking that my 300dpi illustration files might stuff up the system! in the end, i ended up getting a different set to the images i thought actually went through!
01/04: semi permanent 2010 - day 2
apologies for the delay between the first and second posts about semi-permanent!
ok, so where were we....?
day two. i always like day 2 better than day 1 of semi-permanent – for some reason, its a bit more laid back. there also seem to be less people, which means less cramming into the convention centre. day two started out with tin and ed, a design duo based in melbourne. they did a lot of weird design work... cool, but weird. the main project that they talked about was their work for visa “go”.
they made this as a sculpture, hanging bits and pieces of computers from scaffolding, adding in neon tubes to create the colour.below is the final print image for the campaign.
ok, so where were we....?
day two. i always like day 2 better than day 1 of semi-permanent – for some reason, its a bit more laid back. there also seem to be less people, which means less cramming into the convention centre. day two started out with tin and ed, a design duo based in melbourne. they did a lot of weird design work... cool, but weird. the main project that they talked about was their work for visa “go”.
they made this as a sculpture, hanging bits and pieces of computers from scaffolding, adding in neon tubes to create the colour.below is the final print image for the campaign.
25/03: semi permanent 2010 - day 1
SP Sydney 2010 Intro from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.
on friday and saturday of last week, i attended semi-permanent 2010. for anyone who doesnt know, semi-permanent is a conference put on by design studio design is kinky, where various creatives get up and talk to 2000-3000 people about what they do. i have been going for the past three years and it never fails to inspire me, and make me realise that you have to follow your passion.
this year was no different...
Category: graphic design
Posted by: ali
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