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Wedding Comic Art

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September 2, 2011 By Jackie

This comic strip makes me happy.  We no longer have wedding photos plastered all over like when we were newlyweds…they have been replaced by the kids.  However, this piece has remained since we made it more than 4 years ago.  On a whim, we decided to transform a few of our wedding photos into a comic strip.  We tried to tell a quick story with the images and text.  We made it in an afternoon, but it remained only digital for quite a while.

Comic Strip Wedding

Then we spotted this really cool frame from Crate & Barrel (seen in our Kitchen Inspiration Board).  We both instantly knew what to do with it.  We split up the comic strip and stuck each panel in an opening of the frame.  We had to arrange them vertically to avoid the text getting chopped off, but I love the frame in this vertical position.  We first hung it in the dining room of our town home on a narrow wall and it has now found a new home on this tiny wall in the dining area of our kitchen.

Wedding Photos as Comic Strip

Comic Art

Comic Art Wedding Pictures

We used this comic art tutorial to turn our wedding portraits into a comic strip using PhotoShop Elements.  We used digital versions of the professional wedding photos (so glad we paid the premium for the digitals).  This tutorial is for a much older version, but similar functions still exist in more recent PhotoShop Elements versions.  We just had to search a bit to find the same features.  To add the comic fonts and talk bubbles we used Comic Life for Mac (there is a Windows and iPad version now).

This art just makes me smile.  We are not typically pop art kind of people, but we love this little sentimental piece.  We made it together.  I love the juxtaposition of a formal wedding turned into a comic strip.  Our oldest son is getting into cartoons and comics more and more.  He thinks it is pretty cool that mom and dad are in a comic.  It has turned into a fun way to share our wedding with our kids.

Hmmm…we have kind of started a superhero comic theme in our son’s room…maybe a little personalized comic art would work in there too!
I shared this idea here:
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Comments

  1. Donna Gelineau says

    September 4, 2011 at 7:53 am

    Fabulous Idea!

  2. Stephanie J says

    September 10, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    Great idea! I love it!

  3. [email protected] says

    September 12, 2011 at 8:48 am

    I love that you created a one-of-a-kind piece that has sentimental value to you.

  4. googiemomma says

    September 12, 2011 at 9:22 am

    i seriously am in love with this.
    i am editing some wedding photos right now…and this is going on my “to-do” list!
    thanks for sharing!!!

  5. Jen says

    November 24, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    Oh my!! This is SO cool!! I’ve been married for 10 years & I totally want to do this!! Our wedding pictures only hang in our room now- it would be fun to add this somewhere else in the house! :)

    • Jackie says

      November 24, 2012 at 9:50 pm

      Jen,
      Would you believe these are the only wedding pictures we have on display? It is not because we are not sentimental, but we just prefer family photos now that include our boys. This one will always hang, because it also holds a special memory of the day we made it together. My kids love it!!

  6. Anna says

    November 25, 2012 at 2:54 am

    This is such a fun and unique way to incorporate your wedding photos into lasting decor long after your wedding. I love your blog and am so inspired by your lovely house and all of your DIY projects.

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