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Assignment 1

Beverage Label Reboot

Floriaan, OostEke Brewery, Belgium – Designer: Jonas Devacht, New York

Project Overview:

Congratulations you got your first gig! You have been approached a client to redesign an existing beverage label. You may identify your own client for this project.  You may choose between an illustrated tea, beer or wine label.

NEW DESIGN MUST BE PRIMARILY ILLUSTRATED, NOT TEXT BASED.

Learning Outcomes

Problem solve visually

Apply technical skills

Apply design concepts

Analyze content

Apply critical thinking skills to make creative inferences

Respect and Use Creativity

Instructions

  • Art must be made to fit the Product.  (Wine label art should fit a bottle of wine, tea should fit a tea box, etc. )
  • Final Art is required to be created in Black and White only.  Ink and Pencil may be used.
  • Solution may include text, but must be primarily image based.
  • Students will be required to present the illustration alone, as well as a digital mock up of the illustration with all necessary text included.
  • Work in Progress should be posted for feedback to the OPEN LAB, (categorize as work in progress)

Due Date(s)

Resources

Label / Can Specs

Hello class-

As each of you is designing your concept sketches it is very important that you keep in mind the size and shape of the final art.

So the art created for a beer can like the one below, would be different than that created for a beer bottle or a wine label.

BE CREATIVE.  A label might have a rectangular or square shape, but it DOES NOT HAVE TO.  Not that the ones below do not. So when deciding on the overall shape, do what will make for the better and more unique overall illustration.   The only rule is that it MUST

BE FUNCTIONAL.  If you are not sure, use a photocopier and cut out your concept sketch and test it out on an actual bottle or box.

I’m including below some TYPICAL label templates as a helpful tool.  They are meant to print on 8.5 x 11 paper.  You don’t HAVE to use them.  Look at creative illustrated packaging for inspiration.  And really as long as it could actually work, the sky is the limit!

To get an idea of sizes:

TYPICALLY a rectangular Wine Label like these (theres also the little wrap label around the neck which you can choose to design or not!) are around 3.5″ x 4″

But you can also choose to design a wrap around image like these …

IT’S UP TO YOU. You don’t have to conform to these shapes unless you choose to.

Beer labels are typically 2.5″ x 3.5″ for the most basic, and 7.375″ x 3.125″ for a wrap around.  And again… this is your call. Wrap arounds will provide you a little more room to illustrate, but do what will work best with your design.

As for illustrated cans… which offer a larger space to play with, copy the proportions of the examples below as I was unable to find a template for you.  And again, prioritize making some really creative and well illustrated images over conforming to the examples!

Assignment 1, Part 5

Final Pencil Drawing & 3 Value Studies

  • Refine and finalize your drawing based on feedback and suggestions you have received.
    • Do not shade your drawing. Focus on drawing clean line art only.
    • Do tape off the edges of your composition.
  • Edit your drawing by using photo editing software.
    • Scan or Carefully Photograph final art.
    • Adjust Brightness and Contrast
    • Carefully Crop Art
    • Save your Artwork as a HighRez file (to continue working on)
    • Save a Copy as a LoRez file (to post to Openlab)
Dana Moreno Final Pencil Drawing

Value Studies:

REVIEW: Value Studies Step By Step

  • Create fill in sheets for Value Studies using one of the following methods:
    • Using a Adobe PS, copy/paste your design to create a fill in sheet.
    • You may PRINT this and fill in with pencils or markers, OR use Adobe PS/ or Procreate etc. to digitally color in your values.
    • Copy your drawing on a Photocopier and reduce it’s size. Create fill in sheets of your design to fill in by hand.
  • Color each Value Study.
    • Create one Lo-Key, one Middle-Key and one High-Key Design.
    • Consider Focal Points, Image Hierarchy, and Contrast.
Value Study (1 of 3)

DUE NEXT WEEK:

  • Post your Final Pencil Drawing, along with your 3 Value Studies and a description of your work to the Openlab.
  • Categorize your post Work in Progress.

Assignment 1, Part 4

Tight Pencil Sketch

  • Decide on your strongest concept sketch with your Art Director.
  • Refine your design based on feedback and suggestions you recieved.
  • Strengthen your drawing by using photo reference.
  • Finalize the pencil drawing.
    • Draw final art on bristol board.
    • Use a printer/ copier to enlarge drawings and reference materials.
    • Use a lightbox or graphite transfer paper to transfer drawings.
    • Work at approximately 50% larger than final art size .
    • Do not shade your drawing. Focus on drawing clean line art only.

  • EXAMPLES:
Wrap Around Beer Can Design by Heather Parton
Wrap Around Beer Can Design By Julie Bradford
Bottle Label Design By Hoa Vu

DUE NEXT WEEK:

  • Post your Tight Pencil Sketch, along with a description to the Openlab.
  • Categorize your post Work in Progress.

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