We were given partners and tasked with creating a drink based on their interests. My partner, Jenna Nowak, and I sat down together for a while and discussed our interests, and I started to see a theme. The first decision was on what drink to make. The original brief was to create a package for an alcoholic drink, but Jenna did not like alcohol. Instead, I created branding for a milk company to fit her preferences.
![Initial sketches — getting as many ideas on paper as possible.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b848c004b6adced85d9289bc2c76acda/06a660cc-55bf-406d-acf3-603561434fb9_rw_1920.jpg?h=c8b13dc3e5801544f428c0adca6aef48)
Initial sketches — getting as many ideas on paper as possible.
![Initial sketches — narrowing in on a direction](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b848c004b6adced85d9289bc2c76acda/6bb81d1b-4634-474d-b910-ae2e05f8ea46_rw_1920.jpg?h=fe3776c45c98c3770b6d8de6034a3a8b)
Initial sketches — narrowing in on a direction
![Initial sketches — trying to narrow down ideas.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b848c004b6adced85d9289bc2c76acda/58ffda8d-cb16-40b1-9126-59ef20e1f54a_rw_1920.jpg?h=442bbd54bbf562068bf598ee0b54743a)
Initial sketches — trying to narrow down ideas.
Next came the branding. Her favorite podcast has a character named Juniper Vale, she and I both enjoy watching a show named RWBY, which has a team named JNPR (pronounced like juniper), and finally, she had been developing a character named Juniper Drake as a passion project. Because of these three details, I chose to name the drink 'jnpr.'
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Lastly was deciding what flavors to make and what colors to use for each of the bottles. I didn't want to only do regular milk because that seemed too boring. Giving her regular milk, in my mind, was like gifting someone close to you a gift card — still okay, but not quite personalized. I decided I wanted to create a six pack of flavors. From here, I chose Jenna's favorite flavor, taro, as the flagship as it matched the colors she used for her character. I used elements from her character for the design — the planet on the lid and the criss-cross decal that are circling around the characters head. I cut each of these out on a Cricut vinyl cutter using permanent pearl vinyl.
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