For my packaging graphics class — redesign of a children’s product (toy, candy, food, etc.)
Because I had some laying around the house, I went with Sweethearts conversation hearts.
<–frankly, I’m not fond of this design. Their old one was better. …though I suppose, at least they don’t sparkle.
The first redesign turned out great.
The second…not so much. Oh well. The part that is most frustrating about it is that I fought with the darn thing ALL day. But the position is off, there isn’t enough contrast, and seriously in comparison to the other one, the design is pretty darn static, anyway. *sigh*
Stupid design.
Edit — So, everyone really seemed to LIKE the second one…even though I was less than thrilled with it. SOOOO, I suppose that means I’ll have to find an actual reference photo and do it right….*sigh*
ALSO, more than one person felt that the first design was ‘too pink’…I personally feel, Valentine’s Day –> pink, and the original packaging is pretty pink…and that the image didn’t have enough differentiation from the background and tended to blend in — a problem on something with small packaging. So, I tried some variations in color and value (I think I rather like the gold):
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Next — more work on version two…like actually using reference photos!
*update* Sketch for the new drawing. Hoping it comes out better…used a photo reference and everything…unfortunately, my model couldn’t quite grasp the ‘imagine you are reaching up for something’ idea and I had to improvise a bit. We’ll see how the finished product comes out:
I think, far superior to the original:
in a soft, dense fog. While ascending the still necessary trail to our front door, I had reason to pause in amazement at the gentle luminescent glow that captured every spare bit of light in the area and reflected and refracted the illumination thousands of times over through the air and across our snowy yard. The ethereal blue-white radiance contrasted starkly against the unbroken black of the marshy path, and behind our house, winter bare trees reached spectrally through the incandescence…a fantastic sight, in the purest sense of the word.
have effected his spirits and exuberance not in the least, much to our bemusement. (We have determined that the fault is likely mine, for naming him as I did.) This past night, he was found perched precariously atop our bedroom door, seemingly perplexed as to how he had arrived in such a place and, finding himself in the situation, just what to do about it. The only change seems to be in Mercury’s attitude, as she has become less tolerant of his presence than she had been prior to his brief time away.
