Category: Visual Design

Nature’s Apothecary Packaging Design

A top view picture of Nature’s Apothecary box.

Jaycelle partnered with Nature’s Apothecary to promote their Tea Starter Kit. They’ve got nice visual design on the box, leaflet, and on the tea containers too.

A scan of Nature’s Apothecary – Box (front)
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2021-09-06
Changing colors via selective color in Photoshop

Jaycelle requested me to change the color of her blouse from red to mustard. It’s easy with an app, that’s true. However, before all those algorithms and automations, there was a semi-manual way of doing it — using selective colors in Photoshop.

Music: Tweakers by Brian Dys

2021-01-26
Enhancing signatures in Photoshop
Got a scanned or photographed signature with a messy background? Here’s an easy way of enhancing it to be in PNG with a transparent background.

In Adobe Photoshop:
1. Resize the long side of the image to 1920px or higher
2. Image → Adjustments → Threshold
3. Select black-only via Alpha Channel
4. Make BG transparent and save as PNG
Music: Scrap by Brian Dys
2021-01-24
McDonald’s Cup Print – Holidays 2019

A scanned print on a McDonald’s paper cup.

2019-12-01
The Philippine Passport Design of 2018

Recently, a family member renewed a passport. The design is reminiscent of the one-hundered peso bill with its purplish color and “entched” illustration style. I like it.

A page of the Philippine Passport with an illustration of the Philippine Eagle, an emblem of the Republic of the Philippines.
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2018-09-27