My niece requested wallet's for including in thank you cards. I was in a creative mood...what do you think...? I used a photo of her flowers for the background.
Great idea. I might tone down the background a bit so the emphasis is on
the couple. Also skooch the text up a bit so it doesn't seem to touch the
B&W.
Ian
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Trish - it's beautiful and a great idea. I would soften the vignette so there isn't such a hard edge to the BW and actually I would reverse this (IMHO)
I would probably do a BW background with a soft focus and let the couple stand out in full color.
Trish - it's beautiful and a great idea. I would soften the vignette so there isn't such a hard edge to the BW and actually I would reverse this (IMHO)
I would probably do a BW background with a soft focus and let the couple stand out in full color.
Wonderful idea, I think I would make bg B&W and the couple in color, just my humble opinion.
I agree with the B&W and color change...but I might also blow up the flowers a smig so you can crop out the entire rectangle with the flower background...it won't matter that it's softer at that point since they are the background. Having the flowers cut off and that empty white space near the upper right bothers my graphic-design eye a bit...I think I can see the edge of a table and the floor?
The first initial comment was to change the text to a deeper color...have you tried printing it yet? My instinct tells me it wouldn't have enough contrast. If you are already switching the couple to color and the background to b&w, you could make the text one of the deep pinks I see in the dots on the lilies...it would add balance to the design as well. Then just one more smidgey thing with the text. I like the way you have each line start in a diagonal-down fashion, but their names don't jive with that. What you could do to balance it out is to line up "Jen" vertically with the first letter of the top line, and then the "e" in "Lowe" match up with the last letter in the second line. Just spread out the rest of that line using the <-A-> tool for horizonal space stretching (not stretching the actual letters).
maybe I've been too picky, but I'm partly trained as a graphic designer and I tend to pic up details like the above. Hope you didn't mind that I shared
I agree on swapping the b/w part with the color. But most importantly, the fade around the couple is uneven - it should be a defined shape or fade so subtly that you don't see the edges. I also agree on a darker color for the text, it needs to stand out more, eyedrop something off the flower until it "matches".
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the couple. Also skooch the text up a bit so it doesn't seem to touch the
B&W.
Ian
I would probably do a BW background with a soft focus and let the couple stand out in full color.
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The first initial comment was to change the text to a deeper color...have you tried printing it yet? My instinct tells me it wouldn't have enough contrast. If you are already switching the couple to color and the background to b&w, you could make the text one of the deep pinks I see in the dots on the lilies...it would add balance to the design as well. Then just one more smidgey thing with the text. I like the way you have each line start in a diagonal-down fashion, but their names don't jive with that. What you could do to balance it out is to line up "Jen" vertically with the first letter of the top line, and then the "e" in "Lowe" match up with the last letter in the second line. Just spread out the rest of that line using the <-A-> tool for horizonal space stretching (not stretching the actual letters).
maybe I've been too picky, but I'm partly trained as a graphic designer and I tend to pic up details like the above. Hope you didn't mind that I shared
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