Personal practice: The pack

WHY SHOULD KIDS HAVE ALL THE FUN?

A mock up look of my professional pack

I plan to use my summer to make my pack to a professional standard and start using it to network. At this point I haven't left enough time to do a final pack but this mock up gives an accurate idea of what the final product will look like.

So with making the box I was trying to make it resemble a 'Happy meal' box, originally it was going to be all in the green paper or in a pattern time permitting. But I was looking through my old thoughtbubble stock which I have an abundance of and I found that there was work in there that I liked. I think that work represents me as an illustrator better than some of the stuff we did for modules because it was totally self driven. I picked all the topics and the colours etc. 

At this point it is sealed with a peg with 'why should kids have all the fun?' this is just a temporary measure since I didn't have the time or the digital programs at home to make the logo to act as a handle, similar to the macdonalds M working as a handle on its happy meals.

I would attach my business card to the front so that it is immediate what this is about. The letters on the logo would be cut out to make room for finger holes.

The opening mechanism isn't  as neat as I would like and in redoing it properly I will find nets of happy meal boxes to get that sloped roof top right.

The frame of my box is made out of mountboard since the paper wasn't strong enough to hold the contents on it's own. I like how it frames the top of the box, makes it look like a goody box. Invites a sense of childish excitement.

The contents of my pack:

Droopy peeps and Saggy teets : a set of stickers that are devilishly childish. Perfectly sized and transparent for playful photo pranking. 

Note books: Coloured mini notepads with cut out covers to show the colours complimenting each other.

Mini Crossbow: This is my toy, the free prize at the bottom of the cereal. It's purpose is just for fun, its a simple design made out of a peg as well. But it fires matches which makes this strictly adult toy. Which fits in with my whole why do kids get all the fun thing.

Business card: With pull out tongue and links to tumblr and facebook page.

Jump: A small comic demonstrating my sense of humour

Not so pretty things: Just a collection of the kind of drawing I do

Procrastination: Demonstrates I can use other medias and also because its a narrative that I'm proud of for its sense of light humour and relatableness. 

The droopy peeps and saggy teets are my favourite part of my pack. Their just so deliciously naughty and childish. They are hand drawn onto sticker paper at this point but since I enjoyed them so much I plan to make a set and print copies onto sticker paper. Maybe trying some on opaque so I can add colour. The potential for sickly greens and mustard yellows is limitless.