Snap!Gammon
Award: Yellow Pencil
Yellow Pencil / Illustration / Printed Materials / 2023
A play on Backgammon, Snap!Gammon pushes the iconic format of the game into a new visual field and narrative. The starting point was turning the board into a crocodile's mouth, with the pieces – Egyptian plovers – moving along the teeth. The accompanying story features the characters Niall, who travels through Sumeria via Crocodopolis to Egypt, Ereshkigal the Goddess, Sobek the Crocodile God, and Cleopatra. The typography and illustration are composed of circles and triangles, referencing the game as well as Sumerian cuneiform lettering and hieroglyphics.
What did the judges have to say?
This was crafted in such an exceptional way and the judges all felt it must have been done before because it felt so natural. The insight and outcome feel on point, and the story tracing its roots 5,000 years back to the Egyptians helped elevate the illustration. I wish I had come up with it!
Raafaye Ali, Illustrator, Mother London
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