AaronTweeton.com http://www.aarontweeton.com My blog, plus examples of my graphic design, web development and video production work. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:02:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Proverbs 14:29 http://www.aarontweeton.com/proverbs-1429/ http://www.aarontweeton.com/proverbs-1429/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:01:36 +0000 Aaron http://www.aarontweeton.com/?p=250

I almost got quick-tempered at the speed Illustrator was running on my Mac this morning.

]]> http://www.aarontweeton.com/proverbs-1429/feed/ 0 Pop Art Coffee Label http://www.aarontweeton.com/pop-art-coffee-label/ http://www.aarontweeton.com/pop-art-coffee-label/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:13:01 +0000 Aaron http://www.aarontweeton.com/?p=245 What better way to start off a new roast than with a new coffee label. This time I made a “Pop Art” label for my freshly roasted beans from Guatemala.
It’s 5 a.m. and I’m too tired to elaborate on why I did or that. It took me about 45 minutes to make this one, 20 of which were consumed in trying to find where Illustrator CS4 has hidden it’s swatch patterns. I think the next one I work on will have a Cubist theme.

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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.

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I’m actually out of Brazil Cerrado coffee now. Drinking an iced Americano with Costa Rican beans, roasted about 2 days ago.

]]> http://www.aarontweeton.com/coffee-label-with-art-deco/feed/ 0 Brazil… Number 4 http://www.aarontweeton.com/brazil-number-4/ http://www.aarontweeton.com/brazil-number-4/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:44:37 +0000 Aaron http://www.aarontweeton.com/?p=233 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 much better after a few days of roasting.
Wait. Stupid me, I forgot to put “Brazil Cerrado” on the label. I’m fired!

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