Revised wine label illustration

Some alterations... I tried it out on a wine bottle but I had to turn it in to be graded. I'll put up a photo sometime (maybe).

Wine label final

Here is the final wine label illustration. I liked how it turned out--doing the text was fun! I started with black in a sketchy style to match the outline of the cat, then went behind it with the orange and purple complimentary colors to give it more pop. Next, I will print it and put it on a bottle to admire the final product! Click to make the image larger.

Wine label proof

This one was surprisingly fast but turned out well. The outline was an auto-traced sketch in Illustrator, and the colors were added in Photoshop. The fur effect was achieved by layering color and then using the smudge tool. I used complimentary colors to achieve an interesting contrast on the cat. Next I'll add the handwritten type and small copy.

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Wine label concept

Here are three concepts for the "Krazy Kat Winery" wine label illustration. I like the first two concepts more because the cat is interacting with the brand name, bringing more attention to it.

I like the position of the cat in the first concept because it is more believable than the second one, although the second was created from an actual video of my personal crazy cat. For style, I would like to do a sketchy-but-realistic illustration (example below) in crazy colors--purples, oranges, and yellows.

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Wine label illustration inspiration

Inspirational wines with animals on them. My favorites are the ones with bright, bold colors on them--not necessarily realistic colors for the animals (orange and green kangaroos?)

Wine label illustration brief

Client: Softpaws Winery (fictional)

Project: Wine label illustration

Specifications: Create an illustrated wine bottle label and attach it to an existing wine bottle. The illustration must feature hand-generated type for all major typographic elements (fine print can be typeset). It must also feature the name of the vineyard/winery, type of wine, year of vintage, and fine print.

Reproduction: Create an illustrated wine bottle label and attach it to an existing wine bottle. To use in a portfolio, photograph the bottle with the label or digitally apply the label to a photograph of a bottle.

Justification: I made up a winery because the existing ones I liked had really cool illustrations already. I chose "Softpaws" because I was inspired by the movie Puss in Boots and I like fun wine labels with interesting animals. Plus, it's been shows that wines with animals on the label sell more!