Graphic Design Level 1 Glassco

You will be designing the FRONT of a cereal box It can be… - your own made-up product (Marc-O’s) - a themed cereal (eg: Avengers theme) - A redesign of an existing cereal’s packaging (eg: Froot Loops).

Before starting your design, decide the following: • What’s the name of the cereal?

• Who is the target audience? (eg: teenagers who like skateboarding)

• What features of the cereal do you want to advertise? (eg: health benefits, high in protein, bright blue colour)

• What colours, fonts, and imagery will you use? (eg: orange and blue, a skateboard mascot, a bowl of cereal with milk splashing out, distressed grungy looking font)

It’s time to DESIGN YOUR OWN CEREAL BOX!

Graphic Design Level 1 Glassco

How will you design this? Here are a list of apps you can use. There are no limits - choose what works for YOU. (We all have different technology at home!)

REQUIREMENTS: - Picture of cereal and or mascot/ or objects- Name of cereal- Company logo- Features of product- Background colour or image- Letter Sized (8.5 x 11 in) Page

Bonus! - Best Before date- Recycling symbols- Promos/contests- 1-800 Number- Anything else that makes sense for the front of the box!

GIMP https://www.gimp.org FREE Somewhat Similar to Photoshop

Pixelmator Pro https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/pixelmator-pro/id1289583905?mt=12

$54.99 or $39.99 (App Store)

MOST Similar to Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

Autodesk Sketchbook https://www.autodesk.com/products/sketchbook/overview

FREE Similar to Illustrator

Affinity Designer https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/affinity-designer/id824171161?mt=12

$34.99 Similar to Illustrator

Fire Alpaca https://firealpaca.com Free Somewhat Similar to Photoshop & Illustrator

Clip Studio Paint https://www.clipstudio.net/en

Free Trial, $49.99 Purchase

Similar to Photoshop (for concept art and illustration)

You may also use programs like

Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, or even

draw by hand!

Most important = showing your idea in whatever way possible!