Ben Harris
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Harry Potter
Monopoly.
This one wasn't work at all. My partner loves board games and Harry Potter, and there wasn't an official Harry Potter Monopoly to buy, so I made her one for her birthday. I designed the whole thing, printed it, and cut, creased and folded every last piece by hand. Then I posted a photo to a fan page and it rather got away from me.
likes when I posted it to a Harry Potter fan page
comments, mostly people asking where to buy one
sets hand-made in the end, once word got round
A look at it
Made entirely by hand.
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The story
One present, slightly out of hand.
I started with some wizard-themed vector art and a plain Monopoly template, then rebuilt the whole thing with a worn, papery background so it felt like something out of the films. Once the design was right I printed it, cut everything to size, creased and folded the box by hand, and taped the edges so it would actually survive being played.
The only bits I didn't make were the LEGO figures I used as playing pieces. She loved it, I ended up making a second for a family member, and when I posted it to a Harry Potter fan page it quietly racked up over a million likes and a hundred thousand comments. Not bad for a birthday present.
That's the fun one.
If you want to see the work that actually pays the bills, the rest of the portfolio is back this way.