{"id":186,"date":"2014-12-17T00:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T00:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heycareyann.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2015-05-16T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T22:42:31","slug":"sspnj-scrapbook-sketchbook-photo-album-notebook-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heycareyann.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"SSPNJ = Scrapbook, Sketchbook, Photo album, Notebook & Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sspnj-box-cover-smaller\"<\/a>My Art class required that we keep an art journal containing all our notes, art projects, and photos. Our instructor referred to this journal as a SSPNJ (pronounced like “sponge”). This was an acronym for Scrapbook, Sketchbook, Photo Album, Notebook, and Journal.<\/p>\n

A large portion of our grade in this class was dependent not just on the journal, but also on the creative presentation of it. As a graphic designer (sometimes synonymous with the word “artist,” depending on who you ask), I decided to create a product box for my journal, playing on the word “sponge” to make it look like a cleaning product.<\/p>\n

I used Adobe Illustrator for this project, and created all the elements (the sponge, the soap bubbles, etc.) from scratch. The retro lady clip art was scanned from a collection of 1950’s Multi-Ad Services clip art, inherited from my early days in newspaper layout.<\/p>\n

The final artwork was adhered to a large piece of cardboard, then trimmed, scored and folded. I attached three binder rings to hold my journal materials, then affixed a piece of velcro to hold the folding closure in place.<\/p>\n

Photos below show the construction of the printed artwork into the finished binder \/ box.<\/p>\n

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Completed December, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Process: Adobe Illustrator CC<\/em>
\nOutput: Printed, Constructed into folding notebook
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My Art class required that we keep an art journal containing all our notes, art projects, and photos. Our instructor referred to this journal as a SSPNJ (pronounced like “sponge”). This was an acronym for Scrapbook, Sketchbook, Photo Album, Notebook, and Journal.<\/p>\n

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