Monday 8 October 2012

Friday 5 October 2012

Bottle Packaging Design


Packaging label for reference. 


Use pentool trace out the curve lines.
Right click on area and choose Make selection.
Open new layer.
Option + Delete to colour selected area.


Change colours of areas to suit the fruit.
Google fruit and place it in.
Edit. Make some adjustments.
To have the grape overlap a little bit.
Trace using pen tool.
Copy and paste in new layer.



Image --> Canvas size --> Anchor click down arrow 
Double the width of new size.
Canvas size is now longer.


Go to mango layer and drag it up above the grape.
Use mango packaging as reference.
Trace out wanted areas.
Copy and paste.
Nutrition facts can be googled.
Insert own text.
Go to gradient and select colours for the word 'GRAPE'.




Get a bottle example.
Select front area of bottle on packaging label.
Copy & paste.
Adjust it according to bottle.
Use pen tool to select the corner side of bottle.
Right click --> Make selection --> Select --> Modify --> Feathers
Option + Delete (choose white colour)
Then adjust opacity.
Same for the bottle itself.


Tuesday 2 October 2012

Car Zoom

place car on area wanted.


Add reflection to make it more realistic.

Add shadow.

Japanese Cultural Festival Poster


Done in photoshop.
All photos are my own. (except the umbrellas)


Tuesday 25 September 2012

Emboss




First select rock texture (Layer 1)


Type Text (Layer 2)


To get here. (Layer 2 copy)
Hold Command & Click T at the Layers collumn.
Then highlight Layer 2. 
Command copy.
New layer. Command V.


Copy Text layer and paste in new layer.


What it looks like with texture layer.


 Command C Layer 2 copy.
Command v.
Adjust Layer - move lower.
Image --> Adjustment --> Brightness
Make it darker.
Go back to Layer 2 copy. 
Adjust brightness. Make it brighter.


Go to Layer 2. 
At the bottom of Layer column click fx.
Select drop shadow and make adjustments. 
Finish.



Monday 24 September 2012

Firehand


Blending in Photoshop
Need more practice

Bloodified


Blending in Photoshop
Tyra Banks
Headshot
No offence Tyra Banks.. this is class exercise!!

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Trapped

First try out. 

Class Exercise 2

Twin tower
Command A --> Q --> Shift + Delete
Lasso tool trace --> delete
Lasso Tool (click once) --> hold option --> pull = straight line
Google sky Large size 
Edit --> Paste Special --> Paste Into
Scale (command T) --> Finish

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Name Card & Logo Design

Getting to know the tools in Adobe Illustrator.
Trying out shapes and Font.
Name Card Design 90mm x 50mm.
Logo Design.
Created using Adobe Illustrator.
Name Card Design 90mm x 50mm.
Create using Adobe Illustrator.



Doodling with Adobe lllustrator.
Say hi to my imaginary friend =]
Looks like a new type of pokemon.
Experimenting with the star shapes.
Creating Logos.

Tracing images

Yesterday we were taught how to use path links to trace the apple to cut it out from the rest of the picture.

The left penguin doesn't have it's feet because in the original picture the feet was hidden behind some rocks. Not a very good picture to take from the internet.