Castle Howard recently got back in touch with me, asking if I would enlarge and make some small changes to the Riddle Trail signs which I had previously designed as part of their new Children's Riddle Trail.
The original signs were A5 in size with hand lettered text and the Geoffrey the Lion character. I enlarged the signs to A4, and added some paw prints to break up the blue background. Castle Howard requested that some questions/activities for children be added in a speech bubble coming from Geoffrey the lion, but I was able to suggest that we added some relevant characters from the map i.e the peacock to ask the questions, but still have Geoffrey the Lion at the top of each sign.I also make the text bolder by changing the colour to white and adding a shadow.
The new signs are much more fun and lively, and using extra characters from the trail really links the new signs in to the trail map itself.
The new signs will be in place at Castle Howard in time for the school summer holidays, and in the future you will be able to buy merchandise featuring my artwork and Geoffrey the lion at the Castle Howard Gift Shop.
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