Project 5: Product Packaging

This is our last project. Exciting! I love creating 3-D mock-ups, even though they can be a huge headache. With this project we have a lot of free-reign, but that also makes the decision-making process a little harder. The basis of this project is to use image and type effectively to re-design an existing product package. Here are a few options I was looking at:


Crayola Crayons




Spangler Candy Canes

     


Betty Crocker Cake Mix



Bayer Aspirin




The possibilities are endless! Hopefully I'll decide on something soon...like this weekend!

Project 4: Event poster

So with only a week to work on this project and turn it in, I didn't have much time to post progress or inspiration, but this is the final version I came up with:



Shonen Knife is a 3-piece Japanese girl pop-punk band. I wanted to do something fun and colorful that would reflect the spirit of the band, hence the candy-colored bubbles/marbles/sprinkles. The weird bird skeleton in the background is just something bizarre I decided to add. I intended to use something kind of "off," as that seems to be the current aesthetic for band posters, at least ones for local/smaller shows. I also added "Shonen Knife" in the background, written in katakana.


This is a previous version of this poster that I also came up with, but decided not to use:



For this one, I wanted it to look like a bunch of post-it notes or bits of paper posted up on a board/wall. This is an actual photo I set up, and I decided to go with the photo on the right in homage to Shonen Knife, being comprised of 3 girls. :)

Book Cover Final Layout

So here is the final design!

Project 3 Progress

For the cover of my book design I definitely wanted to incorporate Pearls in some way, as Hester's daughter in the novel is named Pearl. So far I hadn't seen any other covers that used Pearls in their approach. I set about buying some supplies with which to compose a few photographs (a few turned into like 200!). Here are some sample results:










As for the back cover, I'm thinking of scanning in the lace texture and incorporating it in some way, just to add some interest rather than leaving it completely solid.

Example Book Covers for Project 3

These are some books covers I found for The Scarlet Letter, which I have chosen to re-design for this next project. I found these to be the most interesting since they attempt to be a little more innovative in their approach

Project 2 Final Advertisements

I decided to go with Converse Shoes for my company, as I thought it would lend itself well to a wide range of interpretation. Not quite knowing what I was planning yet, I scanned in a bunch of random images from magazines, one being a tap to a faucet that I became fond of. I decided to use the tap in my advertisements, and I also happened to scan in a photo of a hand which worked very nicely as well. The shoe images and the photo of the guy wearing Chucks were found online. The logo and tagline were downloaded from Brands of the World. As the ads started coming together, they became a reflection of the Converse brand: versatile, bold, simple.



     

Old Photos

If you're looking for old b&w stock photos to use, this website has a decent collection: http://www.old-picture.com/

They're not the best resolution, but they are still kind of large, so they might be good for sizing down to use in smaller images.

4th Friday Art Stroll in Castleberry Hill on September 25

4th Friday Art Stroll in Castleberry Hill on September 25

Starting from next month on, the art stroll will take place on the 2nd Friday of each month.

Brands of the World (Lots of Vector Files!!)

A certain screenprinter I know turned me onto BrandsOfTheWorld.com, a website through which one can search for and upload vector files of many name-brand logos such as Pepsi, AT&T, Windows & many, many others. I thought this would be a great resource for everyone to use, especially during this next project. :)

Sample Advertisements for Project 2

I grabbed some magazines at the coffee shop I work at and leafed through them for some interesting ads and companies to use for this project. Here are some I found the most appealing:

Vitamin Water


Found in Details Magazine


Ray Ban Sunglasses

     
Found in Details Magazine



Found in Elle Magazine


Maybelline Cosmetics

     
Found in Elle Magazine


Converse


Found in Elle Magazine