Box

The first thing that I wanted to look at was the background colour, I was primarily looking at a grayscale background and the use of colour then being used. I did look at the other colours in the pallete but found that none of them were exactly what I was looking for. Finally I decided to use the below: 

The colour was not too dark and not too light and fitted well with the theme of the overall board game. The colour will also be good for adding different designs onto the box whilst maintaining a good contrast. 

I needed to create the title of the board game and make it clear and concise to anyone that may buy it so I started by using the Segoe Script from the cards but found that it would not work as something eye catching. I went in a bit of an opposite direction and looked at a more digital design for the sci-fi aspect of the game but I still felt that it did not fit in with the whole design and still was not eye catching enough.

I then decided to use the brush tool to create my own text with space in the middle to add colour and a border to add more colour if necessary to make it more eye catching. The colour would be a great contrast as well. 

I simple filled in the different colours including the yellow that I had used previously in the icons. The red and the yellow stuck out the most so I will be running with those colours.

I tried creating some different designs, I wanted it simple but with plenty of colour. I really wanted to bring across the Scotland shield to show the Dunfermline side of the game.

 I liked the final design, it was simple and showed exactly what I wanted, however I felt there was something missing so I went back to the start again and looked at background colours. 

The red really brought out the rest of the images on the box and helped bring the whole thing together, it was eye-catching, it follows the same style as the rest of the game as well as containing images from the game. 

The final design, contains all the themes and images from the board game itself whilst maintaining an eye-catching design.

Cards

The cards were fairly simple to start, I had most of the icons and colours as well as typography that I wanted to use, it was just a point of getting all those ideas together. 

I started out with a basic idea by using the icons on the board to make them easy to identify when playing the game. I mixed in the colour pallete and every card will have different colours. 

I tried to create some borders, starting with fairly fancy type ones with a lot of curves that match that style that the rest of the game matches. 

I also tried some plain borders on the cards but preferred the curve like styles that were done previously, I felt these designs did not suit the overall theme of the rest of the board. I decided to use one of the very first designs that I came up with but changed it and made it a little bit neater but not too much as to affect the theme.

I then tried messing around with the position and opacity etc of the card. 

Finally I go this design, the darker border and text made it stand out more whilst the icon is placed in the background with 50% opacity. I felt it was simple yet still followed the same theme.

My final backing designs for my cards. I now need to create a front for them that follows the exact same style and colours.

I started out with a basic border, I wanted it to reflect the current theme of the uneven edges and lots of curves but also I didn't want it to be too curvy. The idea is that the border will reflect the colours on the back to easily distinguish which category they belong too.

I wanted to put an image in the top of the card with any text telling you about what the card would do underneath. I wanted a clear distinction between the top and bottom and tried different borders. I tried using the brush to create the border but found it too curvy and not neat enough to contain information. The second design I used all straight lines but again, I felt that it didn't match the theme that I was going for. I tried a simple line as well but that didn't work as well. I finally opted for a bit of the first and second design together. 

After finalizing the borders that I wanted, I felt that a title would also be needed to I simply moved around the boxes to create a clear area for the title.

I then added in all the information including the images for the characters card. The rest would follow the exact same pattern along with the other cards such as the equipment and weapon cards.