This was the final session on our cereal packaging and the focus of the workshop was printing out our cereal box net and then photographing the box. My work that I brought to the session was ready to be printed, I just had to remove some red outline boxes I had used as guides. Below is the artwork file that was printed.
To do this we had to save our Illustrator work as a High Quality Print PDF and then place it on an InDesign file in a layout set up for us. We then waited for our work to be printed out on card.
Once our nets were printed out we were instructed to cut out our work and score the edges of the box that would need to be bent, and then stick the right edge together to form the box shape. This bit was a bit tricky for me as the box would not stay stuck together even with glue and double-sided tape, but managed to hold together long enough for me to photograph.
Here is the finished box photographed:
Overall I am really pleased with the way the cereal box turned out and think the design and colours both work well and I think my work has translated well from screen to printed object.
