This weeks LA (Learning assignment): “You are briefed to do an illustration for fruit juice packaging (orange and banana flavour). The name of the product is: Loose Juice.
- Draw at least 15 scamps (they can be A6 size each) of what the label will look like. Remember to include the fruit, the name of the flavour and the name of the product.
- Choose one of your sketches and draw the label, using Adobe Illustrator. The artwork can be A6 (landscape or portrait).”
Actually, first I had to google the definition of “scamp”, which is “a first rough or mockup usually used in artworking terms”.
My scamps started out quite awkward, but after a while it felt much more natural to just play around with letters and fruit. I quite quickly felt which one I wanted to work in Illustrator with, and put some color into the scamp. I chose number 17.
The real challenge this week was obviously working in Illustrator. I have not used Illustrator before, at all, and the videos that were listed for this week was truly a step by step introduction. Very useful. I used my own scamp and worked on it while watching the video on LinkedIn. Worked quite well for me, luckily.
After scanning my sketch and using it as a layer in Illustrator, I made many layers, text being one, orange and yellow color another, and so on, seven layers in total. I am not experienced enough to not mess things up, so this felt “safe” and easy. I tried different fonts, different ways of adding the color, and I liked the kind of “fruity explosion” look. The inspiration started with a slice of orange, and this is what I ended up with.
Without a doubt I spent the most time on the fruit, which is also what I am most displeased with on this illustration. And, as I learn more I will probably do the coloring in a different way the next time. I wanted this to look drawn by hand, but I am not sure how professional it looks. Still, I learned a great deal, and it was fun seeing an actual illustration that I made myself, in Illustrator, for the first time ever. Yay me!
Sources:
https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/13240/what-is-a-scamp-ux
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