Helvetica

I really enjoyed this movie actually and made me think about typeface in a different perspective. Never really thought about how much really goes into making a typeface and how influential the helvetica typeface is. I for one am not against it like some. It is a very nice font and as shown is very difficult to try to "fix" it.

Repackage ideas

Been trying to think of ways for the redesign and so far thinking of having the pumpkinhead flying over the area (sort of like the headless horsemen). Plan on redoing the horse for that and will probably keep the pumpkinhead they have on him now so people can recognize him. As far as the scene going on I want to have it near a shipyard with possibly a burning boat or a ghost ship to go along with the halloween theme. On the land have ghosts, ghouls, etc wandering around potentially drinking.

Package Redesign

After going home for the weekend I've decided to redesign Shipyard's Pumpkin Ale six pack and bottle label. This is their current packaging:

I feel like this is a pretty boring label and box. Nothing really special going on for either design. I want to make it much more fun. A package I absolutely love is the Magic Hat Hex Ourtoberfest beer packaging (had trouble posting the picture on this so had to link). This package is fun and interesting and I think since its a seasonable beer its nice to stray away from their standard labels. I want to make it more of a scene on the package and to have fun with it. I plan on designing the six pack box, the labels on the bottle, and finally the bottle cap. 

Packaging Project

On to my next project, I have yet to select a product to repackage. Though I will have one by this weekend. Going home for the weekend and I'm going to browse where I work (a pharmacy) and see what I can redesign. On top of that I plan on going to the local beer distruptor because I think it'd be a lot of fun to redesign a beer package. This would give me a few things to design for; the six pack, the bottle/can design, and other sizes. I think this would keep me very interested and having fun with it.

Book Covers Completed ... finally.

After much indecisiveness I finally got a design for my covers. I designed the entire bookcover without a front page and had both complete up to that point. I then started pondering what I could do for my covers. I almost stalled, but designed on a realistic background, but then edited in photoshop and I created images in Illustrator, which isn't as daunting a program as I had once thought.

In a lot of his mystery novels, Mosley has a common theme of putting a color in the title as this is evident in both books I had to design for. I wanted to intergrade that idea into the design. Originally I had a gradient that you see on the book of the book on the front as well, but this didn't work with the women on the covers and ultimately had to be changed. 

I think they both turned out pretty well and after a few prints on black and white I got the size perfectly (luckly it worked out on my final print that cost me $30 at Officemax). After being stuck on coming up with an idea for so long it was finally nice to have an idea and roll with it and it to actually look nice.

Here are some photos taken of my book covers. I think they turned out very nicely.

Arabian Nights

Finished my Arabian Nights poster and really liked how it came out, but unfortunately it was not chosen for reworking. Thought it wasn't selected, I do really enjoy how it came out.

Fall Break

Went home for break which was nice to have off for a few days. When I was home couldn't work on any projects on the computer, but did do some research for my upcoming project on the redesign a package. Didn't find anything I was in love with, but going to hit Walmart tomorrow to search for a product.

For my Arabian Nights poster I felt very good with my design. The few changes I made from the original after my meeting with Drew was to change the background to a gradient instead of a flat color. This was a simple change that yielded pretty big results. Also changed the Mask and Hammer text to white which made it pop a little more. I hope to be chosen to work on it further more and possibly be selected for the final poster.

My book covers still have some work to get done because of the lack of programs at my house to use. I have all of the things I need on the covers and have most of the places for them selected. I wanted to touch up on my actual design more to make it more appealing. I plan on continuing this tonight and tomorrow. Then finish any touch ups on Tuesday and have them printed for Wednesday nights class.