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I had the pleasure to illustrate some historically relevant characters that were printed and CNC´d as real size metal statues to stay permanently inside the impressive Fortress of Salzburg (Salzburger Burgen und Schlösser) .
Each character, from the iconic city Bull washer, to the Peacock, acts like the custodian of a game : ring-tossing, jackpot or a tug-of-war to play with your family or friends while learning history.
I developed the character and illustration designs together with Berlin-based agency Die Gold Kinder and Erlebnisplan, which art directed the project and ensured my designs stayed accurate with a modern, graphic-novel take on the Fortress history.
Here are some of the final concepts and final vector files used in the process
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Diemut got married four times, not driven precisely by love but by power and strategy. Toss a ring to see what her next love affair (or not) might have been...
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Master Peter lives in his garden paradise with his animals and the (not frequently used) armoury...the castle was never sieged after all!
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There are many stories about the origin of the Bull Washer legend in Salzburg, like a strategy to deceive the enemies by painting and washing the same bull over and over ( therefore pretending to have a much larger animal stock ) . In any case, a great excuse to play Tug-of-War!
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This fictional character, the castle Smith, custodies the "whack-a-horseshoe" game, which looks like a ton of fun.
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This Italian architect is responsible for many architectural wonders in Austria, Solari ( and a little mouse ) custody a fortress map in another magnetic game.
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Member of the rich merchant family Alt of Salzburg, became the Fortress master of coin after his husband died.
Take a chance to get some chocolate coins and other goodies at her Jackpot machine!
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My last contribution to the project was this super fun water-tattoo sheet :-)
Thanks for checking the project!