Homework for myself

So the semester is over.

I feel good but also feel empty now. I mean I have nothing to do beside taking care of my son( which is also meanignful to me, so that's okay.)

But I wanna keep learning and improve my skills to become a better graphic designer till the new semester will start!

So I will give myself some homework for this brake, break,...blake.....,(?) okay, I 'll look up the dictionary.

okay, that was "break".

anyway, here is the list of what to do during this break.

1. I will make an type animation with after effect.( After Effect)
2. I will make my website.( dream weaver)
3. Start learning about Flash.

That's it so far.
Hope I can accomplish all of them. Wish me luck.

type animation final

Here's my final solution for the animation! I really enjoyed learning new things! I will learn more during the break!

MY FIRST TYPE-ANIMATION!

I still need to edit little things, but I put it on youtube for preview!

In this animation, I made "Charlie Brown" with letters. Can you find him?

"What's Christmas all about?"

Charlie Brown is a popular character in Japan as well. I remember that I was carrying Snoopy's stuffed animal all the time when I was a little. My mother still keeps the snoopy doll in the closet and now, my son was playing with it when we were in Japan on May this year. My husband is from Minnesota where Schwalts was born and he is also a fun of Charlie Brown too. He still watches Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin, Thanksgiving and Christmas with his son.

So charlie brown is special to me, and I'd like to make a type animation out of the "Charlie Brown Christmas".

(almost) done...

I have to finish details tonight but here is my final work...

I am not sure about the pink ribbon which I put around the box yet. This week passed so quick. I feel like tha I need another month to finish everthing.....

(still) working in progress

It has been a week since I started making the package. My initial idea was using a linen to cover the bottom, but I couldn't find the light color.... so I've been trying some other ideas. Today, I fianally came up with this one.
I hang the information cards from the top. I hope that I can finish up everything and update better image by tomorrow night.

solid color version

I changed the color of my logo. Since I want to transfer the logo on the bottle, I put solid color. I will use the water color version on my package.

sketch for tag

sketch for bottle and package

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I revised the logo.

I made "l" and "o", and "o" and "m" look like more connected.

on the top

I found the door knobs to decorate the top of the bottle at anthropologie. http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp

It could be too much. Also, I changded my wine bottle. I use to have a super skinny bottle, but I changed it to the new bottle which shows the concept of "blooming" more than the old one.. Any thought?

Jaq Chartier

Thank you, Stan. I finally looked up Jaq's website and was very impressed by his works. Yes, his style is similar to what I did with water color the other day. (His creativity is way more sophisticated than mine though....) Anyway, now, he became one of my favorite painters. Thanks, again.

For anyone who is interested in his works, here is his website address! Jaq Chartier web http://www.jaqbox.com/

finallyyyyyyy......

Finally I got a logo that works...

I might change something but I will work with it!

new label

This is my latest sketch. I took photo 2 years ago and altered color and put some texture.

Linda pointed out that this image looks like a perfume bottle. I agree with her 100%.

I think that I will stick with the water color image that I made before.

prototype 4 and 5

prototype3

prototype2

prototype1

I'm still working on my idea for packaging. I will update them tonight as soon as I can !

inclass project

more sketch

I collect all objects that I might be going to use for the wine project.

I haven't got the bottle yet, and I said that I was going to use the super skinny bottle, but I thought the bottle on the picture looks good with the logo.

logo sketch

I am having a hard time to figure out how I can approach this project. Should I start from logo? package design? bottle research?..........

Anyway, I started with logo. I prefer the top one because it is more pop, and cute looking. But is it too cute for wine...? Wine label can't be too cute? Lots of things that I have to concern about.

sketch for bottle

This is my first idea for the bottle package. i am thinking see-through package and using a super skinny bottle that I found at whole foods. I will work on more sketches in illustrator tonight.

In 2D class

I made this image in 2-D design class almost 2 years ago.., but I still like it!
A cow from a bottle!

sketching for BLOOM

I decided to redesign the wine called " Bloom".

This morning, I bought some water colors and started skecthing.

Here is the pattern that I made. My theme of this pattern is "BLOOM", of course:)
I'm happy how it came out.. I like the fact that each circle has characteristics!!
It's fun to play with water colors once in a while. I love drawing and painting because I feel relaxing when I'm doing it.

I don't know that I am going to use this for my wine project, maybe for a package..? I 'll think about it this weekend.

poor design wine bottle

I went to the liqure store and chose these five POOR design wine bottles. Some of them like dog house and matua is okay, but others are not so attractive.

1. Dog house

This wine is a typical casual wine for younger generations. I like the name of this wine which gives me inspiration for new ideas.

2. Gekkeikan

This is a Japanese sake. I've seen this design for 20 years. I think it is the time for a new look.

3. Bloom

Same as dog house, I love the name of the wine, but I am not sure about the unprofessional illustration on the label.

4. Matua

This is a newzealand wine. I have to say that I am not a big fun of the logo..... I like the bottle color (green) though.


5. Yago

.......what happen to this bottle.... I think this is an eye-catching package but not in a good way.... I thought this was a juice. Sorry to say, but I hate the typeface in here.


I will bring these on Monday with better discriptions.

I have to taste these tonight!

good SAKE bottle reserch

I reserched Japanese sake bottles. Most of the sake bottles and labels' designs are classic and look similar to me. But I found three sake bottles which have modern design.

1. Designed by Tomo Narayoshi.


Japanese call this Sake cup. You can get this size of sake at any stores in Japan. In here, Tomo Narayoshi's illustration made this common sake cute and special. You can use this as a glass after finish drinking sake. I like the box design which shapes a house.

2. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro



A italian designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro designed sake bottle with a little sake cup. Very elegant and modern.

3. Design of sake called "Yaoki"



I like the typography in here as well as the bottle design. Yaoki means "8 times up". It came from the saying "seven times down, eight times up". The interesting point is the bottle won't fall even if it is inclined at 45 degree.

Back to the basic

This will be my final!!!!
I retook the image and bring Alaska closer to the main land so that the image is more organized now, I think.
Let's move on to the wine bottle now!

test2

In here, The noodle texts are smaller than the previous test. I think that precious one is more eye catching..but I prefer the image of the latest one.

the lastest poster

Here is what I got so far.

different image

I changed the copy to " United States taste better with VOTE." Is it more clear? or still sound strange to you?

Also, I changed images. Some of my friends point out that I don't need to put Alaska and Hawaii but I want to add them somehow.

Hawaii and Alaska

I added Hawaii and Alaska.

My copy is " This soup(=US) tastes better with the Noodles(=vote)." Does it make sense?? Do you think it is too indirect? If it sounds strange to you, please tell me.

test

I tested how my poster look like in the real situation.....

I will work on composition, typeface for the copy and logo, and image( basically everthing....) more tonight.

more sketches for the poster

More sketches.

I need some good copy for the poster...