Queen Nefertari [ How To Design Card with illustrator]

Nefertari was one of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great and known as  Nefertari Merytmut.
She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, next to Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Hatshepsut. 
Her reach decorated tomb is the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens .

The original picture

Her Titles 

 She had many titles like Sweet of Love,Lady of Grace ,Great King’s Wife,his beloved ,Lady of all Lands and Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Her Life 

Nefertari’s origins are unknown, she had married Ramesses II before he ascended the throne . Nefertari had four sons and two daughters

 In the upper picture  Goddess Isis giving an Ankh to Nefertari.

The Ankh is the key of life ,or  the key of nile it is  the symbol of life .

It represents the male and the female unit, under a decent form. 

The picture as a card designed with illustrator

I found that picture nice for birth invitation card,so I designed that card with illustrator  it is very easy .I added that floral frame to be compatible with Egypt during the Pharaohs time as a civilized agricultural country .   

Also I chose the color of the frame to match the Pharaohs ' colors .

 then I wrote the invitation .

 I liked the Pharaohs so much and there great history so I wanted to put their pictures every where .

HOW TO DESIGN WITH ILLUSTRATOR ? 

Open new illustrator document with dimensions of 450 x 600 .  

• Add new layer and draw a rectangle around the document with the light blue color and no stroke.
• Add Graphic Style to the rectangle.
• Add frame or border [ Window menu - Brushes -from the brush libraries menu select- Borders ]select what you like   
• Place the picture [ file -place] choose the position you will like you might choose the middle .
• Add another layer for the text .Choose the Text Tool, and select the font type ,size and color.
• Save your work .   

   You can use your picture instead of that picture or any other picture.

Thanks

MR 

Manal Raafat