First, I thought of my demographic (young females), what I wanted the design printed on (tops), and what saying I wanted to draw (C'est la Vie). I sketched some thumbnails of how I wanted "C'est la Vie" to be expressed. The saying is a French verse that means "That's life." For me, I saw the words flowing, care free, and vibrant. I decided on a ribbon like appearance and light pink color.
After I had a finalized rough draft, I scanned a simple sharpie outline sketch onto the computer. I opened it in Illustrator and created the final piece below.
Lastly, I photoshopped the hand lettered work onto two different Free People tops (specifically the We The Free Circle In The Sand Tee and the Big Dipper Oversized Tee). I love the loose, effortlessly chic cuts of the shirts and how the wording looks on them.
© 2014-2015 Shelly Stuckman
