First official newsletter from the Astrid Mueller atelier

Excited to announce thatI just launched my first official Astrid Mueller newsletter! It will always be showcasing the latest from my design atelier, with a sneak peek into how I work, brand new design items that I developed, and lots of eye candy! Interested? Come see, come sign up!

In this newsletter, I was able to show amaaaaazing photos from Andrea and Marcus, with permission of the couple Moscha & Nikos. Moscha is a wedding designer, specializing in exclusive Greek Island weddings (www.StellaAndMoscha.com), and she got married in beautiful Venice, Italy. Can you imagine how gorgeous everything was? I’m thrilled that I was able to illustrate and create unique new design items for her and Nikos!

Sneak peek (click here to get to the actual newsletter):

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How I created Jennifer’s fashion inspired wedding illustration

Jennifer and Warren’s save the date cards and wedding invitation illustrations were whimsical, featuring the two of them dressed in wedding attire I had dreamed up!

However, for their wedding day artwork, I wanted their illustration to make a big entrance, and the couple agreed it would be lovely to depict them in their actual wedding clothing.

This was Jennifer’s amazing bridal gown:

gown: Ulla Maija, BIANCA couture collection

Just look at the stunning embroidery!

gown: Ulla Maija, BIANCA couture collection

It was quite daunting to illustrate this beautiful dress and do it justice. But I love a challenge!

I began with drafting the pose and arranging reference photos on my screen.
Then I zoomed in to start laying in details:

After applying the first dress details, I kept zooming in and out to make sure the overall design would be harmonious:

While constantly moving back and forth between reference photos, I kept adding further detail to the pattern, inspired by Jennifer’s gown. Since I didn’t have a photo in the exact pose of the illustration, I had to envision how the dress would fall and what the pattern looked like:

I kept refining all details of the illustration, and finally, I recolored the pattern in eggshell to soften it.

This was Jennifer and Warren’s wedding day illustration!

As soon as I can, I’ll share photos of their wedding so you can see how Jennifer and Warren accentuated their celebration with their unique wedding illustration.

Art inspired wedding idea: a tailor-made illustration story

Last week, I shared Jennifer and Warren’s wedding stationery design concepts and left you guessing which one they chose. Wonder no more…they commissioned me to create an illustration story for their wedding stationery!

This was the illustration for their save the date cards:

The design for their wedding invitations:

…and the illustration for their thank you cards:

For some wedding essentials, we simply worked with the fuchsia flowers as their recurring design element:

{wedding illustrations and stationery design by Astrid Mueller Exclusive}

Hope to see you next week when I’ll share how I created the statement piece of all their wedding designs – Jennifer’s fashion-inspired illustration!

Do you have feedback, thoughts, questions? Just leave a comment! I’d love to hear from you.

How I come up with wedding illustration ideas

My Mum often asks me how I come up with all these creative ideas.

I can’t help it – design inspiration is everywhere!

So far, knock on wood, I’ve never been at a loss for ideas. When I create contemporary wedding stationery with a custom-tailored illustration, the couple is always my muse. I love learning what makes them tick, how they met, what means a lot to them, their taste of design, and how they envision their dream wedding. The more I learn, the more ideas begin forming in my mind, and the more meaningful I can make their design for them!

So that couples may benefit most from my creativity, I always recommend they commission me to create their concept illustrations first. This allows me to look at their celebration as a whole, think beyond just a pretty pose for their illustration, and develop really unique design concepts.

To give you an example, these are the concept illustrations I developed for Jennifer & Warren:

Which one do you think did they love most?

Come back in a week, when I’ll share a glimpse of my design process!

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