This is number 6 in my Daily Design of a coffee label – the latest one borrowing from the Hard-Edge Modern Art movement that I read about in a great Smashing Magazine article. I designed it in Adobe Illustrator – taking about a half hour. Despite it’s simplicity, I like it.
I was inspired by a post on Smashing Magazine about Modern Art Movements, so I drew up some coffee labels with different art themes. This one is supposed to have an Art Deco feel. I created the “Orange” logo in Adobe Illustrator, but assembled the rest of it in Photoshop. Took about 45 minutes. I [...]
It’s amazing what inspiration and drawing thumbnails can do. I created this in 30 minutes in Adobe Illustrator. Again, my Illustrator skills could use some honing. I find myself unfamiliar with some of the changes implemented between CS2 and CS4. As for the coffee, I’m continually noticing that most of the coffee I roast tastes [...]
After being away from the computer (well, not technically, but at least away from the mouse), I’m back with continuing my daily design series of Brazil Cerrado coffee labels. I blew it last night roasting the coffee as I got distracted with other things, so I was paying no attention to listening for first crack [...]
Ah, what a difference when you try to sketch something out first. This time during my Design Something Everyday Challenge, I spent 2 minutes sketching out an idea. It’s actually borrowed from a cover of the last O.C. Supertones album. Again, I spent only 30 minutes on this. One of the interesting things I’ve noticed [...]
I recently read a challenge on Smashing Magazine to design something new everyday. I’m going to try to crank out a rudimentary coffee label everyday. I roast my own beans, so why not have a label. My first attempt at cranking out a label in 30 minutes is… ahem. Okay, well, it’s definitely not my [...]
