Digital File Prep - Final Project & Thoughts

(Part One)

This is the finished final product for my last project in Digital File Prep. I created the base image in Illustrator and had complications so I was forced to slice it up within Photoshop. The way the points of the graphic were put together wouldn't allow me to cut it in half easily. The back image is also a .tif file, as well as the cropped-out-background image of the cake on the bottom.

The one thing I found challenging was that in order to get the box the final size that I wanted, I would need to cut it in half, print it on two separate piece of paper, and then merge them together in the end physically when I assembled it all. I was also having issues with discoloration in the printed due to a number of variables such as the printer, type of paper and location of the print. This became a frustrating issue since I had a particular color scheme in mind (I'm pretty super picky about stuff like this).

In the end, I feel that I learned quite a bit from the process that started with a simple thumbnail sketch and led all the way into a full scale, 3-dimensional, printed piece. While it may have been frustrating and irritating at times, the final outcome was worth the minor struggles and turned out great in the end.

Cake image from Stock Exchange. All other images copyright Jordan Frederick.