Amber's Artwork

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Assignment 1 (b): Copying Type

Assignment:
Copy script typeface from label using Illustrator. Then find "default" type in Adobe. Use both to assemble a mock label for a new "flavor" of product. Colors in type MATTER. Attempt to replicate type as best as possible.

Product Photos & Notes:

Label from bottle ripped...Very difficult to remove labels cleanly.

Photos of other flavors

Pictures found on Google.

Notable differences in the coloration of the sun in logo. Scanned label's "sun" is primarily orange with yellow accent. Perhaps alter coloration of sun to match one of the other labels? I.e: Primarily yellow or red?

Final Photos:

Hm...roomate ate quite a bite of the salsa and the cold bottle made adhesion difficult. Let's try this again with a new, room temperature bottle.

Much better...and of course, I should include some the of the infamous chips used to consume the previous bottle of salsa.

Final Thoughts:

Through experimenting with the Pen and Line Width tool, I discovered that my chosen font was best replicated using shapes instead of single lines. When applying the gradient to the word 'Pace', this feeling was further cemented when difficulties occurred involving the "lines" but not the "shapes". A great majority of the label was recreated through use of the pen tool. Also, the filters played a strong role primarily when it came to adding the secondary typeface that came default in Illustrator. The phrase "Restaurant Style Salsa" needed to be clip-masked with a distorting image in order to give it a roughened appearance.