Lexi & Francois
Design & illustration for a wedding invite
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Client: Lexi & Francois
My involvement: illustration, design, hand-lettering
Medium: pen drawing, digital colouring
Design and illustration for the wedding of the mielie (a girl from a farm in the Free State) and the grape (a boy from the winelands).
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We wanted the invites to reflect the wedding’s mix of laid-back Free State setting and vintage Provençal flair. So the overall feeling of is understated, nostalgic and elegant.
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But the joy is found in the little illustrations of humble objects found on a farm - a grape, a mielie, a pair of secateurs, a tractor, a windpump, a barrel of hay. A few French objects have also been included - as the happy couple got engaged in France.
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