Things are starting to get Festive over here!

In the build up to Christmas... yes it's still only October, but you've got to be prepared, no!?

I've been working on some Christmas themed repeat pattern designs for CygnetINK using a max of two christmas decorations in each. 

I've also uploaded them in my society6 store!

A few items in the society6 range for these festive prints!...

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. 

Blue equals Hyper

31st May 2013

This evening was the opening night of the 3rd Year's degree shows. As an illustration student, I got an invite to attend, so a couple of us hang-arounds went together to look around at the standards and see what the degree show was all about. I was looking for inspiration in work, and hints as to the sort of things I'd have to step up and do.
I'm not going to lie though, one of the best things was that as refreshments that had to opportunity to fill up glasses with a variety of pic-n-mix sweets - NOTE TO SELF, sweets are a hit. My favourite were these blue bon-bon-ball-things... they were super yummy, turned my tongue blue, and made me quite hyper!