El Catrin wine, Yolo wine, and Hellfire hot sauce was part of my packaging class. I used my illustrating skills for the wine label and I did hand lettering for the 3 hot sauces.
The process was starting in paper, then scanning into the computer, then editing in Photoshop/Illustrator, and then the layout was done in Indesign. Each project took about 3 weeks to finish. I went through the whole design process which had us come up with
Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite books. I had the pleasure of designing the whole thing from start to finish. My favorite part was the cover. I wanted to give the book a more grown up look, it was a Jackson Pollock meets Ralph Steadman. I hand lettered the title.
The process was sketching on paper, then scanning into the computer, editing with Photoshop and Illustrator, and then doing the layout in Indesign. The same process was used for the chapter titles in the book. The whole book was designed using a primary text container. Overall it was a fun project because it allowed me to reread this book which had me laughing. I also did most of the printing job before I got it professionally bound.
Thrive is a smart green house app for gardeners of all levels. In this project was to made to fit the users needs. a quick and simple way for a user to connect to their garden via their smart phone. The Thrive project encompassed full branding, along with coming up with a marketing plan, plus the wire framing and skinning the app.
This project was very user focused and we made several corrections after feed back. I also coded our splash home page (creativelabkid.com/thrive) and also creative directed the commercial for the app. This was part of a 8 week project where we had to show progress every week. we kept to our timeline and finished in time. This project was a partnership with Nikita Shea.
