Sample project 01 · Skincare / cosmetics
Consistent skincare imagery from home-shot originals
Three before-and-after pairs show the transition from ordinary tabletop photos to studio-style product images with category-appropriate backgrounds.
Project analysis
Design begins with the problem.
Preserve a truthful product appearance while improving lighting, background, colour and commercial consistency.
- Audience
- People comparing the offer and deciding whether it fits their needs.
- Problem
- Preserve a truthful product appearance while improving lighting, background, colour and commercial consistency.
- Strategy
- Audit source-photo quality and true product colour.
- Success criteria
- The system communicates clearly and delivers 3 before-and-after image pairs, studio-style product exports, marketplace and social sizes.
Project process
Six steps from inputs to handoff.
Every step has an objective and approval point. Production does not move forward while critical information remains unconfirmed.
- 01
Collect inputs
Review source materials, required channels, rights and practical constraints.
- 02
Define the problem
Preserve a truthful product appearance while improving lighting, background, colour and commercial consistency.
- 03
Approve direction
Audit source-photo quality and true product colour.
- 04
Build the key example
Approve one lighting and background direction.
- 05
Expand and quality-check
Apply the same rules across the set and export by channel.
- 06
Approve and hand off
Export and organise: 3 before-and-after image pairs, Studio-style product exports, Marketplace and social sizes.
Design decisions
Why this direction works.
The visual system is tied to a real communication job, not a style chosen in isolation.
- 01
Audit source-photo quality and true product colour.
- 02
Approve one lighting and background direction.
- 03
Apply the same rules across the set and export by channel.
Deliverables
A usable system, not a single isolated image.
- 013 before-and-after image pairs
- 02Studio-style product exports
- 03Marketplace and social sizes
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