Selected work2021 / original edition

Witching Hour / Board game · Illustration · Packaging

A world you can
hold in your hands.

An action board game where elemental witches battle mythical creatures, gather resources and hex their opponents.

Original edition — game packagingView detail +
Original edition — game packaging

THE PROJECT

The brief

Create a playable fantasy world with a coherent identity across its physical components. Witching Hour puts players in the role of elemental witches, with creatures, resources and spells shaping the path to victory.

01 / THE WORLD

Set the atmosphere.

The identity introduces a dark, mystical setting through weathered lettering, lunar symbols and elemental imagery. Those cues carry across the box and game components so the world starts before the first move.

Witching Hour — original game identityView detail +
Witching Hour — original game identity
Board and reference componentsView detail +
Board and reference components

02 / THE COMPONENTS

Keep the world connected.

Creature illustrations, resource cards and spell graphics each have a role at the table. Repeated frames, symbols and typographic treatments connect the varied components into a single visual system.

Card deck — illustrated creature and spell componentsView detail +
Card deck — illustrated creature and spell components
Creature cards — illustration collectionView detail +
Creature cards — illustration collection
Resources and elemental componentsView detail +
Resources and elemental components
Spell and resource cards — detailView detail +
Spell and resource cards — detail

03 / THE PHYSICAL GAME

From identity to experience.

The original edition brings the board, card decks, reference material and packaging together as a complete physical design project. These photographs document that edition. Version 2 is coming soon, with a new cover direction. A dedicated promotional site will follow as the next edition develops.

Original edition — game packagingView detail +
Original edition — game packaging
Board composition and visual systemView detail +
Board composition and visual system

FROM THE SKETCHBOOK

A bestiary
drawn by hand.

Original pencil studies explore the creatures’ silhouettes, textures and personalities. Trees, stone, wings and crystals become a cast of strange inhabitants, developed across these annotated sketchbook pages before the finished card illustrations.

Original pencil sketches — Tree creature and magma bear studiesView sketches +
Tree creature and magma bear studies
Original pencil sketches — River troll and sporeback studiesView sketches +
River troll and sporeback studies
Original pencil sketches — Griffin and crystal pixie studiesView sketches +
Griffin and crystal pixie studies
Original pencil sketches — Vine spirit and dragon studiesView sketches +
Vine spirit and dragon studies
Original pencil sketches — Phoenix and unicorn studiesView sketches +
Phoenix and unicorn studies
Original pencil sketches — Dragon and unicorn variationsView sketches +
Dragon and unicorn variations

DESIGNING THE GAME / ORIGINAL EDITION

Building the rules
was part of the work.

Witching Hour was a game-design project as well as an illustration project. Developing its turn structure, elemental advantages, resource combinations and competing routes to victory was a major part of the process. The original manual brings those systems together.

Choose an element

Each player takes a crystal wand and its Witch Code card. Water, earth, air and fire determine elemental advantages as players race toward their matching space in the central pentagram.

Resolve an encounter

Each turn begins with an Event card. A matching element gives immediate control of the encounter; otherwise, the player has up to three rolls of the Hex die to match it. Events determine movement and rewards.

Take a risk with a Hex

Hex cards challenge opponents to a dice race. The winner gains a resource and the loser takes the Hex’s damage—so attacking can backfire. Matching the Hex’s element gives a two-roll head start.

Find another way to win

Used resource cards form combinations that unlock Witch titles and advantages. Playing all five resources earns Grand Master and a win on the next turn, offering an alternative to reaching the end of the board first.

Original manual — setup, elements and paths to victoryRead the rules +
Original manual — setup, elements and paths to victory
Original manual — encounters, resources and Hex battlesRead the rules +
Original manual — encounters, resources and Hex battles

NEXT CHAPTER / V2 COMING SOON

The world continues.
A new edition is coming.

Witching Hour is moving into Version 2. This new cover direction brings a torch-lit group of witches into the foreground, with a richly textured blue-and-gold palette. Here’s a preview of the next chapter, alongside illustration studies and the original packaging artwork.

Witching Hour V2 — new cover preview, blue-and-gold treatmentView detail +
Witching Hour V2 — new cover preview, blue-and-gold treatment
V2 artwork study — monochrome halftone treatmentView detail +
V2 artwork study — monochrome halftone treatment
Witching Hour — hand-drawn illustrationView detail +
Witching Hour — hand-drawn illustration
Original edition — front and back packaging layoutsView detail +
Original edition — front and back packaging layouts

Version 2 is in development. Release details and its dedicated promotional site are still to come.

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FROM PAPER TO PLAY

A world drawn by hand.

Pen drawings start the visual language. Digital development brings those marks into a connected family of cards and game components.

Original pen drawing — crystal pixie
Original pen drawing — crystal pixie
Digital working sheet — card motifs and color experiments
Digital working sheet — card motifs and color experiments
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