Liquid Courage 2

This was a fun, fun project. The assignment was to create a series of 3-6 coasters for self-promotional purposes. As a history buff, I thought it would be exciting to do a series of helmets. In one of the early project critiques, a classmate suggested that I use the idea of "liquid courage" to tie the helmet to the alcoholic beverage. I thought it was a brilliant idea (which is probably why I didn't think of it). So on the back of each coaster is a short description of the helmet and the name of a popular drink associated with each culture.

The helmets were painted in watercolor (each is about 5 inches square). The text was set up in InDesign, and I mocked them up in Photoshop. The final coasters will be 4 inches square.