Digital Illustration (WK3) - Candy Box

I chose to do Project 6 in the textbook, which was to create a candy box design. I had a few ideas, but overall decided to keep it simple. I took inspiration from the candy store in Harry Potter, Honeydukes. I wanted to convey a cute, whimsical packaging that was easy to read and wasn't too crowded with a background design. I wasn't sure how closely we were supposed to follow the book's assignment and how far we should stray, so I did a little bit of both. 




I based my candy idea on Butterbeer served at Universal Studios, a vanilla butterscotch beverage topped with a marshmallow-flavored foam. I used the rectangle tool to create the stripes and added a transparent square to make the text more visible. I used a custom font for the candy company name/logo and the "butterbeer truffles" banner. I really experimented with the gradient mesh tool for this assignment! This was my first attempt at a double banner, so I knew I had to get the shadows placed correctly, or it wouldn't look right. I liked how the example in the book had the name of the candy curving around the corner of the box, so I knew I wanted to keep that element while putting a twist on it. I wasn't sure what to write for the 75th anniversary message, so I kept it mostly the same as the book instructed. I also used the gradient mesh tool for the background behind the "75".

I continue to learn how to be more comfortable with gradient mesh and creating shapes. I'm exploring the symbols panel (where the candy images came from), but I hope to get better at creating my own symbols and artwork over time. 

I also learned that there are blank templates for each of these projects on the textbook website under the "Download my Student Files" section (in case anyone else wasn't aware and didn't want to spend time recreating the layouts). For this specific project, it's the "candy" file!

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