The textures and product shots were provided by Full Sail University to use particularly for this project.
I started out inserting one of the textures that was provided as a smart object and renaming the layer to "background."
I then inserted the image of the whisky that I was planning on non destructivley cropping out the background with a layer mask, and saving it as a smart object. I renamed this layer to "Talisker Storm."
Once I saved the smart object and updated the original file it turned out to look something like this.
Once I was satisified with how the end product came out, I began to think of a phrase to include. When doing product designs, I personally think it's important to add a phrase or some type of text so that it catches the viewers eye. I decided to choose lyrics from Blake Shelton's song "Honey Bee." I felt like it would be a perfect phrase to catch the eye of whisky buyers.
I was fairly content with how I layed out the typography using two fonts. The white font is called "Lemon Milk" and I downloaded it for free on Dafont.com. The cursive purple font is called "Brush Script Italic" and I found that on Dafont.com as well. I originally thought this was going to be the end of the project and I was done but I looked back and it felt like something was missing, so I went on to figure out what else I could incorporate.
I ended up looking back at the textures that were provided to me and I found two that fit the layout and color of the project. I used clipping masks for each of them to create the effect.
I then went back and made sure all of my layers and paths were named and organized correctly. I also grouped the text layers so that I would not be confused if I were to return to the project or send it to someone else.
This is how my layers pannel looked as I was working on the project. Notice, I didn't name some of the layers because I was usnure if I was going to change anything.
Here I'm showing the group that I created in the layers pannel for the text layers and clipping masks.
This is the final look of my layers pannel after I was finished with the entire project. I grouped the text and clipping mask layers, renamed all the layers so that I could find them later on.
Here is my Paths pannel.
Here is my Channels pannel.
This is the final image.
Sources:
Dafont.com downloaded fonts "Lemon Milk" & "Brush Script Italic".
Textures and product photos were provided by Full Sail University.
Text belongs to Blake Shelton in his song "Honey Bee."
