I’m so excited to share some updates of my designs with you! These adorable Princess Fairytale Storybook invitations came from a custom request of a lady who loved my fairytale cupcake toppers. They match so perfectly! After basically overhauling my shop and starting from scratch, I'm starting to feel happy designing again. As I researched copyright and licensing info to follow best practices, I stopped creating because I felt so discouraged from all the things I couldn't do. Did you know that even if you are allowed to make fan art that doesn't mean you can sell it? Even the most simplistic interpretation of iconic characters are no no if they are recognizable; you can't mention or use anything as keywords even if you managed to sanitize the design. So why not just get permission? Permission from a giant like Disney (who now owns rights to your favorite superheroes, children's stories, and continues to remake their own stories to renew the protections) has many barriers for entry, like proof of ability to generate lots of income and a hefty percentage to them. Anyway, the magic was gone as I got deeper into the business aspects. It's been a challenge transitioning away from using any designs I've made of my favorite characters and other fandom, especially when my competition freely profits from doing so illegally. I have tried to repurpose many of my illustrations for something else so that it wasn’t a complete waste of time. The castle I originally made for Harry Potter has been so great! I can use it for a medieval knights and dragons or princess castle or ice castle... It’s been a learning experience, and now I appreciate the struggle helping me grow artistically as well as feeling pride at coming up with anything original in this market. Born out of the aforementioned creative slump was this set of cupcake toppers. Really it was my “flip off” to Disney because they are all fairy tales with recognizable elements that Disney should not own—Snow White’s apple, Cinderella’s slipper, the magic rose from Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel’s golden hair, a mermaid tail in unconventional colors, and more. I still wanted to offer something magical and princess-like, so the Once Upon a Time theme fit perfectly. It took me a while to figure out a good color scheme that would work for everything, but I’m so pleased with how it turned out! The details on this invitation are special and really set it apart. I spent hours on the ornate elements, the arrangement of all the princess stuff on the edges, borders and the binding so that it’s unmistakably a story book, the coloring so that it appeals to most people, making sure the wording and sizing was versatile so that I could fulfill an order quickly without rearranging everything to accommodate long text... it was an exciting labor of love for sure! I made it in both pink and blue, as well as wording for a baby shower because I would have loved to have this theme! Check it out at the shop.
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AuthorI'm Kat - designer, code monkey, teacher's wife, and maker of home. This blog is my personal and creative outlet chronicling the special moments of our family. Archives
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