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1. What did you learn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned how to make a design that will go onto a package and I learned how to print & fold that package to look professional. We used Adobe Illustrator to create our designs. Then, we used video instructions, tape, and scissors to turn our designs into milk cartons.
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2. What was easy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating the cup design was easy. By the time I did that, I had quite a bit of practice using the pen tool in Illustrator. Although it is not perfect, I did a good job of tracing over a coffee cup design and changing it up a bit. I liked my color choice and design. Although I could not print the design in color, the design still looks nice. Everything that was not the pattern or the cutting & folding part of this lab was easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


3. What was challenging?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the pattern in Illustrator was very challenging. It took me multiple tries and actually took me a couple of hours to make. It looks okay, but it could look better. I followed the class videos to make the pattern but I still struggled to get it to look nice. It looks okay, but it does not blend the best with my cup design. Also, the cutting & folding part was kind of challenging. It did not take me nearly as much time as I suspected it would, but I would guess that everyone struggled with it at least a little bit. should also mention that printing was tough because my color printer was not working correctly. I replaced the ink in my printer, tried printing using different programs, and changed the file type of my design, but nothing was working. I became very frustrated and it took me a long time to print because of these issues, but at least I got to print something in the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


4. How could your submission be improved?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure the folding could have went better, but it still looks nice. I also could have done a better job with my pattern design and tracing the coffee cup. I am still not too good with the pen tool, but it doesn’t look too bad. I guess I should have been more careful, but I got tired of retracing multiple times. Also, my submission would be much better if my printer would work correctly, but I had to use the black & white printer. I could not figure out the issue with my color printer. It took a lot of work to try to fix the issue, but I remain unsuccessful for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


5. How could the professor improve the assignment for the next class?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the project was kind of tough, I think Professor Dunkle did a nice job of helping students work through the project. He showed us how to create our designs step-by-step multiple times and showed us how to cut & fold the cartons properly. The Google Slides presentations definitely help and make finding steps much simpler than scanning through a whole class video on Zoom. I appreciate all the help that was provided with this project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


6. How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before this project, I did not know how to use Adobe Illustrator too well. I now have a much better understanding that will now give me an alternative to Photoshop and Gimp. I also always struggled to use the pen tool, but I now am much better at using it due to the practice I got with the tool. This will be very useful for future designs for the DMAAD Club and future DMA courses. Plus, these skills will be very useful in case I ever find myself designing a professional package if I decide to get into the world of graphic design. It was a very interesting and helpful project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


7. How did a specific reading or video inspire or help you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The class videos that went over each step of the project were very helpful. I couldn’t have gotten this done without them and the Slides presentation. I did also look at multiple different Coffee Cup designs and abstract patterns for inspiration. These greatly helped influence my designs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n