Final Product Project (The No Scroll Journal)

The No Scroll Journal

For this project, I wanted to make a journal that people can write in to help document their progress of trying to get off their phones. I want to call the journal "The No Scroll Journal". My target audience will be "gen z" or also just teens and young adults in general. I'll show some sketches down below of the brainstorming process like coming up with what I want the journal to look like, color palettes etc.

Then I started to go digital using adobe illustrator to create vector art combined with the titles, body copy and illustrations. Below is how my artboard in illustrator was looking!!

Here is how my files were looking! It ending up being a 30 page journal.

This is the final journal after printing and trimming by hand with an exacto knife! I also added a gold elastic band to help with closure like a real journal. I also did a saddle stich to connect all of the pages together. It was such a fun project and I'm so proud of it!

Heres a look inside the journal at some of my favorite spreads! (I used the paper pack called "Astrobrights" to create this vibrant neon look)

After printing this by hand, I looked into how I could outsource and sell this in a more efficient way. I found this website called custom ink that can custom orders journals. https://www.customink.com/ndx/?PK=349510&SK=349500&prefer_singles=false#/next/quantity-quote

Here is the price break down if I wanted to order them:

Overall, this project was really fun because I got to combine design skills with something more hands-on and meaningful. I focused on Elements and Principles like contrast, hierarchy, alignment, repetition, and white space to keep the journal clean, balanced, and easy to use without feeling overwhelming. The reflection aspect pushed me to design with intention, creating pages that encourage users to slow down and be present. One of my biggest struggles was not overdesigning and keeping things simple, while still making each page feel cohesive. My biggest success was creating something that is both visually appealing and functional, and something people could realistically use in their daily lives!

Pattern & Product Creation!!

 I've been working on creating my own pattern from scratch. But first, I got a lot of inspiration on patterns from the digital artist: roxannestewart.art 

I am creating a beachy themed pattern and her example really inspired me in the way she uses simple illustrations, bright colors and pinstripes as an element of repetition and symmetry. Here are her patterns below:

Then I began my own research process and put together a color palette and some ideas to get the creative process going. 

Which then switched to some digital sketching of a refined pattern:

This is the command I went through to create the pattern.

I polished this up and took it into adobe illustrator to create a repeating vectorized pattern than can then be applied to products that anyone can order! 

Here's the finished products like a towel and beach bag which can bought from websites like vista print and custom ink! 

I learned a lot about how to spread out vector objects in order for the pattern to appear in a repeating way seamlessly. I also learned a lot about how patterns are used in a lot of things around us and we just don't notice it at first. Overall this has been such a fun project!