Details
Just My Type gives me a lot of creative freedom to do whatever I want with types— all you do is create something out of type. I chose to manipulate type and incorporated them into my character designs to tell a story of the Royal Court, including the first 3 characters in the series King, Chef, and Royal Fool. The poster series portrays each character in their environment and their duties while integrating typography into the character design and environment. One challenging aspect of this project is to keep the visuals coherent between the 3 characters. Therefore, I had to figure out the balance of details among all 3 posters with the Taiga King as the standard. The completion of this project is rewarding as I get to incorporate more of my erratic illustration style in professional graphic design works.


Inspiration
illustrated by Alex Kostenko



A brief synopsis on the backstory

In a faraway land, countless wild beasts run rampant and are ready to devour each other. Yet, the mightiest and most victorious of them all, King Taiga, rules his territory with supreme authority and justice. All beasts fear him. To the subjects who are loyal to him and serve him selflessly— the Royal Court — the King protects. 

The poster series portrays each character in their environment and their duties while integrating typography in the character design and environment.






Boss

Animal is tiger. His characteristics are mysterious. The asset includes an environmental poster, and a rug made out the skin of the defeated enemy.


Font: Glyptic DJR


Inspiration: (from past drawings)


Sketches

The Boss is enthroned on the pelt of his defeated enemy Goat. The pattern and tiger stripes of the Boss is made out different character and glyphs of Glyptic DJR. Everything is upright; speaks to being a pillar
Pelt of the skin of the defeated enemy. The structure is inspired by Ironwood Std
Final



Chef

Animal is rat. His characteristics is nervous. The asset includes an environmental poster and a recipe card.


Font: Seismic Latin VF

Inspiration:

illustrated by Anne Montel
illustrated by Anita Jeram 

Sketches

A chef does what a chef does- cooking delicious meals for the boss. He holds a giant skewer made out of the inside of the kingdom’s defeated enemies. Though the task at hand is large, he handles his nerves like a champ! The food and overall appearance of the Chef reflects his nervous nature.
Recipe card of his infamous dish

Final



Royal Fool

Animal is goldfish. His characteristics is goofy. The asset includes an environmental poster and a magic trick coin.


Font: Chinchilla



Inspiration:

Illustrated by Dan Kelby
illustrated by Kasia Herh

Sketches

Chinchilla reflects well the silliness and bizarre characteristics of the Royal Fool through its whimsical and authentic design. Being a stand-up comedian for the Boss requires a tremendous amount of humor, or perhaps, no humor at all. All it takes is being you.
Magic trick coin

Final



The line-up









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