Final Project Response

_____It took me a long time to decide what my final project image would be. I had trouble finding inspiration. Just as I was trying to find a picture to post, I decided I was thirsty for some orange juice. As I grabbed it out of the fridge, I noticed how Tropicana had changed their logo and thought about how much I liked the old carton better. It used to have a perfect looking orange with a straw sticking out of it, symbolizing the freshness of the juice. It was then that I decided to pick the old Tropicana carton for my project image. I knew it was well-known enough, and I've always liked it.
_____After picking the image, I wasn't sure what to do with it. I really enjoyed the pimp, hack, and mod project, but what could I do to an orange juice carton? Also, as much as I loved the project, I didn't want to do the same thing over again. But I stuck with my image and I trusted that something would come to me. I was still having a trouble a few days later, so I brought out my sketchbook and scribbled and waited for ideas to hatch. I decided to draw the orange with the straw. After I finished it, I wondered what other fruits would look like with the straw. So I drew a pear and added in the straw. I liked how it turned out, so I did the same thing with an apple next, then a strawberry, a lime, a mango, and many other fruits.
_____After flipping through my drawings that were made just for fun and because I was in the drawing mood, I decided to use them for my final project. I thought of what a Tropicana fruit juice carton would look like and thought it would be humorous if they had pictures of all the fruits on the front of the carton of fruit juice. So I decided to alter my orange juice picture into a fruit juice picture. I took my idea and put it in my sketchbook and posted it right away.
_____The next day, I colored all of my pictures and cut them out. Then I took them to a scanner and put them all on the computer. My intentions were to scan them all and put them on a white background and add the Tropicana text, but I was having lots of Photoshop difficulties. I was getting frustrated with trying to remember how to import, edit, and layer the photos. So I just decided to hand-make the project. I put my fruit pictures on the back of my "Pimp Cell" picture that I did for the pimp, hack, and mod project. Why not recycle the paper? I drew on the Tropicana title and the Fruit Juice title and took a picture. I was so pleased! It went right up on the blog.
_____Next came the critical comments. I got together with my old critical friends and we helped each other out. Both comments were positive and had the same advice: To add something to the background of the fruit to make their colors pop more. I thought they might get lost on a black background, so instead I outlined each fruit with a thick black line. I loved how it turned out, it really did make them pop a little more. It made it a little less dull. I'm glad my critical friends suggested it. The final draft went up on the blog.
_____Overall, I had fun doing this project. I like how we had so much freedom. It was a challenge to find what sparked my creativity (in this case it was being thirsty for orange juice!). I like how it turned out and it was enjoyable to see other people's projects as well.

Final Draft

Draft Final Project: Tropicana Fruit Juice

Sketchbook Draft Final Project