MinaLima, Harry Potter Sweet Packaging Design

A competition to participate in either the redesign of an already written about sweet from the world of Harry Potter, or design packing for your own magical sweet. 

I created my own 'Portkey Popping Candy' which would essentially jump you around the room as you ate it, each time it crackled. The emphasis was upon the packing design however, and so I used the designs MinaLima previously used in the films and I was influenced by the 'Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes' collection.

I wanted a bold and dynamic pattern with a clear aesthetic, and stuck to a minimal colour palette, thinking that perhaps there would be different coloured Portkey Popping Candy and then the colour of the packaging would reflect that.

I also made my own mock-up of the packaging which I thought would be interesting to have in a sachet style packaging with a flap lid, tied by ribbon, slightly like a wallet. 

Folio Society 2015: The Folio Collection of Ghost Stories

"Each year entrants are asked to submit three illustrations [if you are to the enter the competition. I did not enter the competition and therefore I only had to produce two illustrations and a binding design for my university course] and a binding design for a book chosen by The Folio Society." 

‘The Upper Berth’ by F. Marion Crawford

‘A Tale of an Empty House’ by E. F. Benson

Back-Spine-Front Binding Design
(Text positioning, not actual typography)

Back-Spine-Front Binding Design with print details

 

Water patterns for The Upper Berth

Sand Patterns for A Tale of an Empty House

Pattern on the left used in the cover design for the collection

Mediums Used: Sharpie for the patterns; paint for the textures and Photoshop to construct the images together. 

Wedded Blisses

Hallmark: Wedding Blisses competition entry June 2013

After producing the designs for my friends Wedding invitations, I was very much in the zone, and Hallmark had a wedding card competition on, and thought why not just make a wedding card design that could run slightly with the theme.

I just loved the scrabble lettering idea!