24.05.2012

I have got my folder in the order of what it is needed. I have also completed my evaluation for the overall unit including a few comments. I have also put the comment sheet into the folder too.

Friday's Lesson

In lesson i have printed off my two packages and my poster. I just need to cut it and stick it together ready for monday's lesson were people can view my finished packages. I have also created a comment sheet for people to comment on in Monday's lesson.

Mistake - now fixed!

After college I went home and decided to print off both my packages in black and white, then in full colour. I am leaving the black and white print outs as my examples to place into my folder to show the black and white version of the packages. With the colour versions I have cut them out and stuck them together to see if there was anything wrong or that needs fixing. I did discover that on my 'Bath Salts' packaging I had made a mistake and I am glad I printed these colour copy examples out. I have also found a mistake on my 'Bubble Bath' product but I have managed to fix them both and now I just need to take the dotted lines off and then I am ready to print during Friday's lesson!! The mistake was easily fixed but if it wasn't for printing a plan I wouldn't have been aware that I had a mistake. I have now fixed this mistake and I am happy with the poster and both packages.

Completed poster

Here is my finished poster. I did change my origional plan from putting the two photographs in the centre to advertise the products. However I decided to just base the poster on the company and getting the company known more. I still kept it very similar to how i origionally planned but I have just added that there is a new company opening in the Sheffield location and that the company sells certain products. I definatly feel happier with the change i have made to my poster. Next lesson I will be printing my poster of, and also my Bath salts packaging on an A4 paper and my bubble bath packaging onto a A3 sized paper.

Complete packages

Completed

Packaging 1 - Bath Salts

- I have now completed my 'Bath Salts' packaging. The pages which are blank are the ones which are going to be inside the box and will not be seen until the product is actually open. I have used a lighter grey on the side of the packages, because I just want the 'Bath Salts' and the logo to be more noticed by my target audience. I have used the green on the logo to show the more natural side of the company because it is a natural typed shop which sells those types of product. I also used flowers to and curved brushes to show that I want it to be aimed mostly at females. I have also added the location of the company onto the underneath of the packaging so people know where the company is located and can continue to shop at the company location.

Packaging 2 - Bubble Bath

- I have also completed my packaging for my 'Bubble Bath' packaging. Pretty much the same as the other packaging description. On this packaging I have used a different colour to the other packaging and I have also used the word 'Bubble Bath' twice but in a lighter colour on one side. I have again used the same brushes because these two products would be linked together if I did have the actual company. I have left two sides blank but I think it looks good without needed anything on the pages because the logo and the product name is showen in the right places. Same as the other packaging I have added the location on the back of the box so people know where to continue shopping for that product. Altogether I feel the products looks simple but effective and would attract people to the company and the company products. I shall be printing these out at some point before Friday (18.05.2012).

This is my final print screen of the bath salts packaging. I had added the location of the company onto the bottom of the box so then people know where it's location is and the bar code is on there too.


I have now started my second packaging for my bubble bath product. I have again used the logo for the company on the packaging. I have also added the 'Bubble Bath' text onto the top of the packaging too. Below I have added the bar code which again I slightly created using a website I found. On the third photo I have used the same brushes from the other packaging so then it didn't look different or out of place. The forth photo is of my almost completed design, however I am still deciding what to add onto the two side pannels of the box.  I shall also be placing the words 'bubble bath' on the opposite side too but maybe in a lighter grey.



 












I have got my template from the template book and I am editing it in Photoshop CS5. I have copied my logo over onto the packaging and added another flower brush tool onto the box above it.

The second photo on the right, I have then designed my own logo from a website and added my own number into it to get my bar code for the packaging.















I then added the word 'bath salts' onto the packages and used brush tools around it to give it a nice look and it shows people what the product is. The second photo is then of the almost finished packaging. I have put brush tools around all the sides of the box so it doesn't look plan. I think it looks simple yet effective. I have then used different grey colours around the outside to again give it a nice complete look.

Packages

These are the two boxes I am using for my two products. I have printed them out and worked out which face is what so then when it comes to designing them I know where to place things. When printing them out for my final product i am going to print them out either the small size they are as proto-types or on A3 paper.

Poster

This is the top part of my poster.I have used Photoshop CS5. I have used my logo on the poster so people know the company name. I have then used brush tools to get the two flowers around the poster. The next photo is the bottom of the poster. I again used brush tools to get that design. I then made up an email address and phone number and put them onto the poster. There is a problem in the photo because the flower at the top of the page is from a previous brush. However the space in the middle of the poster will be filled in soon with two photo's of the packages I am currently designing.

The photo above is the finished poster until I take two photographs of my two finished packages which I have got to complete next week.

Packaging and Poster colours

This photo above is for my packages. When doing the questionnaire people prefered purple and I wanted all my colours to be a pastel typed colour. I feel that this purple is good enough for the two packages which I am making. I am also going to be using a second purple colour for another packaging. The colour below is the second colour I am going to be using. It is more of a darker pastel purple but I think they would both be perfect for the packages.

For this photo is it going to be my poster colour. I like this colour because it is a little lighter than the other colour for the packages and it doesn't clash with the packaging colours and it is a lot different. I think it works well for the company and it does look girly and the way I wanted it to look. 



Finished Logo Design

This is my finished logo that I made in Photoshop CS5.
To get the font I used the website, ' http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=honey+script '. The font is called Honey Script and when looking at my questionnaire peope did like this font. I wanted to use this font because it has the look I was wanting which is curvy and like it is flowing. To get the two flowers I used the website, ' http://www.brusheezy.com/ '. When i drew one of my logo's i imagened the letter N and the the flower flowing into on another but when I actually began to making the logo I found that i prefered it underneath the letters. The second flower on the left is also from the same website and I had a bit of trouble with this because it didn't look right with any colour. After speaking with my Tutor I then lined the left flower up with the top of the letters and the sides too and i thought it fitted better. I did origionally plan to use a leaf but when i saw that flower I liked it better because it did still have leaves. I chose the colours green because my company is about natural beauty and green is usually the colour which shows natural products so I thought green fitted in well all together. I think my logo is good because even though there isn't much happening, it is unique and it tells the target audience what it is by just looking at it.

04.05.2012

In today's lesson i have printed out my two packages and started to print them out to see what they will look like once put together. i will then need to start designing onto my photoshop templates on the packages. next lesson i need to choose my colour or my poster.

On thursday 26th gathered up all my results and make pie charts of the results. on Friday I finished gathering it together.
Wednesday 2nd I started my production. I have now completed my logo and I am currently designing my poster to promote the company and packagings.