Wednesday, September 28th, 2011...4:29 pm

first project!

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my first project of senior year is officially done! i passed it in today and i really love the outcome. it was in illustration. we had to pick a condiment and create a label using illustrations that we made.

i decided to do a label for creole seasoning. like good designers, we did a lot of research about our product first. i learned about the history of creole cuisine and how it has changed and developed since the 1700’s. i also learned that in both creole and cajun cuisine they have a “holy trinity” of ingredients: onion, bell pepper and celery.

after i considered using a plantation home on my label, i decided that the holy trinity would make the perfect illustration! the label had to be in black and white so we were limited in our options for media to use. i ended up going with pen and ink, which developed into sumi ink and brush. i attempted stippling (lots of little dots to create value– tedious, but when done right, gorgeous) and crosshatching (layers of lines crossing over one another), and i failed miserably. i am much better with gestural drawings, so i did a bunch of gesture drawings of an onion, a pepper and celery (celery is a lot harder than it would seem!). i actually brought all of the vegetables into class one day and i sat in the computer lab drawing celery. hahaha it was actually perfect because i got really hungry so i ate my pepper!

i ended up making two different labels, just by chance. when i was experimenting with layouts, i found two that worked really well, which is great because now i have two labels to show in my portfolio. the type came together really well too! overall, a really great way to start off the semester! 🙂



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