When I was a kid with an extremely short attention span, I was convinced that Corn Pops were my favorite cereal even though I had never, ever tried them (and my mother wouldn't buy them, due to their sugar content).
Why?
They had a cartoon cactus on the cover just shooting the Corn Pops right into your face! The lettering (which is the same to this day) also just jumps right out at you:
If you wanted to make a box that jumped right out at kids, I'd just add a few extra touches of flair.
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When I was a kid with an extremely short attention span, I was convinced that Corn Pops were my favorite cereal even though I had never, ever tried them (and my mother wouldn't buy them, due to their sugar content).
Why?
They had a cartoon cactus on the cover just shooting the Corn Pops right into your face! The lettering (which is the same to this day) also just jumps right out at you:
If you wanted to make a box that jumped right out at kids, I'd just add a few extra touches of flair.
it's not about appealing to kids in the 80s
i specifically went for 1950's style design
which was not about "hey kids, this is extreme cereal!"
it was about wholesome little characters and simple hand lettered fonts like helvetica paired with scripted hand lettered fonts.
look up "50's packaging design" this is my inspiration, you're looking at stuff that started mainly in the 80s and continued on through the 90s
Now that Ive seen the pictures I cant help think this would be an awsome "premade gift box" kind of thing. Market it as a toss your gift in the box and boom its wraped kind of thing.
Now that Ive seen the pictures I cant help think this would be an awsome "premade gift box" kind of thing. Market it as a toss your gift in the box and boom its wraped kind of thing.
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Beavo, I am about 90% certain that if you put that first design on cocktail napkins that people would buy them.
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My only crit would be to simplify that nose. Too many lines competing and intersecting there I reckon. It's too tight for my liking. Makes my skin crawl.
These are swank! I think a more fun pattern could have been used for the guy's chesthair. perhaps there's a away to make the top of the fox stand out too. Deep red is hard to use as a background because black just dissapears into it,, perhaps using a white line or negative shape. Or slightly lighter BG.
Yeah I just want to say that I've always enjoyed your work immensely, but the 50's ish direction that you've been going in for the past few months take the awesomeness to a whole nother level.
thanks guys!
thanks for all the crits, I love you guys and your keen eyes, keeps me on my toes for sure and makes me notice the little things that make a big difference.
much to all.
well guys it's been an awesome year.
It was actually almost exactly a year ago that I started this thread, so I thought it'd be fitting to post some of my personal faves from the past year of work:
thanks again for 100 pages of constant support and awesome crits you guys, new thread soon!
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Looks really great printed out!
When I was a kid with an extremely short attention span, I was convinced that Corn Pops were my favorite cereal even though I had never, ever tried them (and my mother wouldn't buy them, due to their sugar content).
Why?
They had a cartoon cactus on the cover just shooting the Corn Pops right into your face! The lettering (which is the same to this day) also just jumps right out at you:
If you wanted to make a box that jumped right out at kids, I'd just add a few extra touches of flair.
it's not about appealing to kids in the 80s
i specifically went for 1950's style design
which was not about "hey kids, this is extreme cereal!"
it was about wholesome little characters and simple hand lettered fonts like helvetica paired with scripted hand lettered fonts.
look up "50's packaging design" this is my inspiration, you're looking at stuff that started mainly in the 80s and continued on through the 90s
just sayin'
Now that Ive seen the pictures I cant help think this would be an awsome "premade gift box" kind of thing. Market it as a toss your gift in the box and boom its wraped kind of thing.
But then you can't tear the wrapping paper open.
And then the kitties wouldnt have anything to play with.
I retract my previous statement.
EDIT:
UNLESS the person you are giving the gift to has a fear of disorder/untidyness (Ataxophobia) or paper (Papyrophobia).
On a side note it appears the two fears that have the most names to accompany them are the fear of cats and female genitalia.
We live in a very odd world.
Also, why are you in Tube's sig? What the goof?
he quoted me quoting someone else on the forums
I half thought it was because you don't want it to reach 100.
My only crit would be to simplify that nose. Too many lines competing and intersecting there I reckon. It's too tight for my liking. Makes my skin crawl.
So. Are you going to be locking your own thread? Or is that like a conflict of interests?
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Way to go, beavo!
thanks for all the crits, I love you guys and your keen eyes, keeps me on my toes for sure and makes me notice the little things that make a big difference.
much
WELL OK NOW THAT ITS AT 100 I'LL TELL YOU I LOVE YOUR LUMBERJACK
For shame.
It was actually almost exactly a year ago that I started this thread, so I thought it'd be fitting to post some of my personal faves from the past year of work:
thanks again for 100 pages of constant support and awesome crits