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For this project we made an order form for a cake company. We were given freedom almost no freedom with this assignment so it was fairly straight forward from begining to end.

To prepare to embark on this project I looked for examples of good and bad forms to see how to handle this project. I got the gist and moved to brainstorming quickly. I think best with lists so I made lists with doodles to get my thoughts straight and come up with some plans I like.

I needed the most doodling with the logotype because I think there are the most options compared to when laying out the forms fillable portions.

For my thumbnails I drew a better attempt at my favorite designs from the doodle step and I liked them all but I really liked the most straight forward layout with space in the table..

I took the two designs I liked and made versions that were full size. I tried the side titles but I liked the top titles better I also did the same table styles which I should have diversified but I shook it up on the final hand comp.

For my final hand comp I introduced tint blocks for the table as opposed to the line defined cells. I had obvious problems like "ORDER FORM" not being centered but those can be fixed in the final digital designs.

I then went to work on making a digital version of my design. In working digitally I love the instant and constant iteration that isn't afforded to the format. I find it hard to stop print and mark due to the want to just fly through the iterative steps. This step didn't have much change in a simple product like a form when a lot of the problem solving was done previously.

Once I had a final completed design I made a presentation version, a composite image with printers marks and slugs and the final form with all three colors. I think it looks good and am proud of the final work.