I was recently hired to design wedding invitations for friends Michael and Rita. It was a traditional Jewish ceremony and it was fun learning about Jewish traditions during the research phase. The couple are also intrigued by Arabic mosques, so part of the influence came from Spanish archway of the Mosque of Córdoba. The Hebrew names on the invitation were tricky and the couple of Hebrew typefaces I tried didn’t have some of the characters just right. There are various subtleties that got lost or changed. In the end I just traced a screen shot of Rabbi-approved text to make sure they were correct.
The wedding itself was really neat and had an Old World feel. It was also very celebratory and didn’t bore my pants off. I like Jewish weddings.
The concept roughly sketched out for all pieces.
Refined a little, with a sampling of the color scheme.
Then I began the final drawing to get proportions and placement down.
Here the art is scanned in and I began tracing it digitally.
All traced and art elements added, it just needs typesetting.
