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Gung Ho Illustration

Gung Ho

Gung Ho is a cover illustration created for the French deluxe edition of the comic series Gung Ho. The artwork avoids the drawn black outline used in most comics and applies a cut-out collage approach that keeps the image clear. Silhouettes are treated with colour to create an expressionistic impression that supports the tone of the story. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic southern Europe where survival depends on fortified settlements. The image captures a moment of danger, youthful courage and released teenage adrenaline. The digital artwork was made with a graphics tablet.

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Moscow Ambassadors School Typographic Brand Identity

Moscow Ambassadors School

Interesting stories are hidden behind every turn of the old streets and it is impossible to associate the City with any one minimal set of recognizable symbols. While studying the city, the future ambassador discovers it anew, like a student discovers a primer at school. For the construction of the identity, a typographic solution was chosen, based on the principle of typographic eclecticism: the Old National script, interspersed with the cursive script and recognizable fonts of the avant-garde artists. The color scheme is laconic-bright red.

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Love is Invisible Packaging

Love is Invisible

Discrimination against Asians has increased in the U.S. during the pandemic. The design concept of Love is Invisible is especially based on the concept of water tolerance in Asian culture, to show that the love between people is invisible, which can eliminate discrimination and remove barriers. Love Is Invisible is a public welfare activity launched by the Super Joey Foundation in nearly 20 cities across the country. The Tsddesign team designed the T-shirts and packaging that young volunteers of different races will wear across the country from the Love is Invisible collection.

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Guizhou Moutai Maoyuan Jiu Liquor Packaging

Guizhou Moutai Maoyuan Jiu

Guizhou Moutai Maoyuan Jiu is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor. The bottle is made of glass with a sandblasting process and an embossed rose gold logo. The neck is finished with a metal spraying process, and the top of the lid is embossed with imitated glass. The outer box uses hot stamping and embossing. Dark green and gold form the main color scheme. Wave patterns refer to the Chishui River used in production, while a flying goddess on the lid and a crane with pine branches on the neck follow traditional Chinese motifs.

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Idun Red Heart Apple Juice

Idun Red Heart

The goddess of youth who rules the golden apple: Idun. The main image pays homage to the artist John Bauer, extracting Idun and redesigning it to incorporate the beautiful apple-growing environment. The apples in the goddess's hand are hollowed out on the bottle label to reveal the red apple juice beneath the label, expressing the natural properties of the apples. Three of the apples are treated with a gold stamping process to convey the three golden apples get from the Goddess of Youth to squeeze into juice.

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Gujing Display Sanxingdui Culture

Gujing

Gujing is a packaging design created for a cultural and creative product inspired by Sanxingdui. The design combines Sanxingdui bronze culture with the Gujing brand. A bronze mask is refined into a simple visual symbol and applied to both the box and the bottle. The box has a hollow structure and integrated lights, so the mask motif remains visible at night and creates a sense of mystery. The bottle surface carries the texture of a bronze mask, which strengthens the visual effect. The aim is to present Sanxingdui culture in a distinctive and memorable form.

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