Sunday, September 30, 2012

Wedding Duties: CieLJ Saves the Date!

It’s finally here! Our much awaited Save the Date illustration. LJ really wanted to have this old school style comic cover ever since he saw samples in the internet. He said I can do anything I want with the formal Invite, but he’ll be the design master for the Save the Dates.

After much delay, LJ sent an inquiry email to Andrew Villar. He’s the creator of the popular weekly comic strip seen in Manila Bulletin’s Entertainment Section, “Ambush.” Fortunately, he was open to our idea, and asked more questions to better understand the concept of what we would want to appear in our 'comic cover.'

Here’s the scene set-up that LJ provided… the advantages of being engaged to a writer, hehe!


Without further adieu, here’s Andrew Villar’s masterpiece for us…



It looks great, right?! *grin*

We haven’t met him personally, and we didn't even discuss this over the phone. Everything was just done through email. LJ also sent him some pictures of us so that he would be able to incorporate features. The result was just amazing, AND we got this in a little under a week. 

It was a great surprise that it turned out exactly... No, it turned out far better than what we wanted! We probably spent the whole Sunday night just staring at it.

I’m so happy that LJ insisted on getting this. It’s definitely unique, and perfectly shows his passion for comics as well as our love for adventure.

So, lesson to brides, the groom can surprise you with the most awesome and outrageous idea for the wedding that will just make you so proud of them. yey! 

Just in case you are also interested, here’s Andrew Villar’s email address andrewphilip.villar@gmail.com

We also had this made into photo magnets, so we can hand them out to friends. You can read about it here. =)

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