Thursday, 14 October 2010

Packaging net experiments

photoshop apple skin experiments

To meet the two colour plus stock brief restrictions, I decided to experiment with duotones, something that we were shown in the first mac workshop this year. 

I also experimented with the clone stamp tool on photoshop, which is something that I have never used before.

I found these effects more satisfactory than the watercolour starting points, but I still dont feel that it has the desired effect. I think this is mainly due to the colour restrictions. Time to rethink....

more apple skin texture experiments

Watercolour experiments

apple sticker designs


Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Wrap it up

my chosen nets

creating an apple skin effect


Experiment using masking fluid to achieve speckled effect.

Trying to achieve the bruised effect:

Half apple watercolour:

Pip effects:

Wrap it up




Thursday, 7 October 2010

Thursday, 23 September 2010

What is good?

Following on from summer research http://whatisgoodpolly.blogspot.com/

Immediate brainstorm following briefing for design for print ougd210:
I felt I needed to spell out my aims. After the summer I am worried that I am going to loose sight of the main objectives that I had got used to working to last year... so spelling it out might help me a little!

Pick a topic to continue/start a fresh....
Ethical?
Creative perspective...
What is my opinion of good?
Why?
Inform/persuade/sell?
Establish tone of voice.
Think L A T E R A L L Y....
Who is the target audience?
How can I communicate this?
Anticipate questions I will be asked.
Consider what I want to get from the crit on the 18th October...