So for my Major Project, I've switched things up to try and make something a bit more fun and suited to me. I'm making Willy Wonka Hot Wheels inspired Cars.
My main outcome is to make a car for Willy Wonka himself, along with some of the main cast.
I struggle with initial designs, is what I've really learned in the first few weeks of this project. Because of this, I've been dipping into a lot of research to get my head around some ideas.
I've been looking a lot at the toy car scene, specifically Hot Wheels, as they have a real knack for showing characters through simple designs. I'm in the earlier stages of really playing around with things, like incorporating sweets and looking at shapes that could be incorporated into the designs. For example, Willy Wonka should have a few candy incorporated things within his design.
Looking at ways to incorporate things into quick designs- the everlasting gobstopper is something I'd like in there, on-top of Wonka's cane as a gear stick.
I also wanted to look at maybe ways to constrict my design, or stylise it, with some initial packaging ideas for marketing these as toys. There's some really creative packaging out there- and for Willy Wonka themed cars, it would be a waste not to mess around with this idea, especially for the toy side of these things. Some toys are themed really well, like Subway Surfers inside of a spray can, which is really different and gives a fun display aspect to the toy. Or even something, that I ended up actually buying, Kinetic Sand do some fun things with their packaging- industrial tyre tracks on the box it comes in and just overall being very industrial looking.
I really like the idea of putting the car inside of a mini Wonka Factory box, this could allow for a bit more lenience in the toys design, with having a flap on top if needed instead of the side. But because of the nature of Willy Wonka, I think putting it inside a 'Wonka Car' bar, could be fun as well- including the golden ticket energy into opening it up, having a golden ticket inside, or a few golden cars in the mix. It would be a fun mystery box kind of toy.
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