Portrait mehndi design: bride and groom, doli, baraat

Portrait mehndi is the bride's storytelling design: the couple's faces and scenes of the wedding drawn in henna among the patterns. Brides choose it for the mehndi ceremony before an Indian or Pakistani wedding. These nine show a bride and groom under arches, a doli carried across the palm, and a baraat led across the wrist. Type a different subject, such as a family, and the scene style carries it.

• a design for the mehndi ceremony before a wedding
• a story design for a bride's hands
• a reference for an artist who draws figures

Frequently asked questions

What is a doli and a baraat?

A doli is the palanquin that carries the bride to her new home. A baraat is the groom's procession to the wedding, and both are common scenes in Indian and Pakistani weddings.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Bold black uses simple faces and figures with solid filled clothing. Fine detail uses delicate faces and tiny figures. Henna brown draws the scene as a reddish-brown stroke.

Are the faces photographs of real people?

No. They are drawn illustrations, not photographs of real people.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.