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…I confess to the crime—I am a drawing cheater.
Though I have the capability of drawing and don’t consider myself to be too shabby, I don’t really have the time or the patience right now to perfect an illustration.
Why the need to draw?
Well…it’s all because of our invitation design concept. Though it is still up in the air, we both like the look of hand illustrated florals/botanicals as focal points.
I love the look that they offer and the sense of class and elegance that comes with it (mmm, vintage-y goodness).
Here are some great examples of inspiration for our invite design:
Okay, okay…so you are probably wondering where the cheating part comes in…
I wanted an illustrated version of a flower, but I didn’t want to “steal” someone else’s work.
Thus, I decided to search for photos of flowers with hopes to draw from them and make alterations as needed. As you likely can guess, I was lazy and conjured up an easy-peasy alternative instead.
Within minutes I was able to create the “drawing” on the right from the photo on the left:
How?
Well…I am saving that for another post.
Did you find an unconventional way to create a look you were going for? Do you have any DIY cheats worth sharing?
I have a couple guesses… 
Can’t wait for the next post though! Your invitations sound like they’ll be gorgeous and totally original!
Our DIY cheat is our map! We printed out a maps/google version, traced the roads we needed, then scanned it back in. So it looked hand done, but it was a trace! (Although, because it looked so authentically hand drawn, my FFIL was concerned that we hadn’t made it to scale! Ha! It was perfectly to scale cause we cheated!)
You must let me in on your secret! I suck at drawing. Those were the hardest art classes, I learned the art of bs pretty fast! Art critiques are misery!
hmm…I think I know how you did it too..;) Though all in all, very creative/great idea!
I love your inspiration shots and creativity to get the one you have - it looks great!
[...] …In my last post I promised to show you how to cheat a hand-drawn illustration. [...]
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Mrs. Locket, Ithaca, NY Age and Occupation: 25, Research Technician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, former Banker hoping to become an Officer of the Law Engagement Date: June 15, 2009 Wedding Date: September 2010 Venue: Heron Hill Winery About Me: I am a little bit of everything all rolled into one: A girly gal with rough edges---I love to get dolled up just as much as I enjoy throwing on some sneaks to toss a ball with Mr. Locket. My love for crafting and creating is quite apparent and I've been referred to as a Wonder Woman/Martha Stewart/Stepford Wife hybrid (yup, I'll take that as a compliment). I adore sewing, photography, sculpture, good eats (mmm tapas), baking, snugging and oh, pretty much everything in between (there's not much I dislike). I am super excited to be planning our vineyard wedding and couldn't be happier to be marrying Mr. Locket. We are a quirky, fun-loving couple residing in our college town with our two pups Maple and Molly. We love to go on hikes, visit our local dog park and to bask in the beauty of many of the local falls and gorges. We are an indecisive pair, but together we somehow manage to make up our minds (it's the easy stuff that's tricky).
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