Coin Design for the Royal Mint Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon
This was a paid competition I was invited to participate in by Lee Jones at The Royal Mint. The brief was to create a design to celebrate the 2024 Lunar Year of the Dragon (part of the Royal Mint's Lunar Year coin series). It had to be sensitive to Chinese culture and contain a British element, and also gain ministerial approval. Since Chinese dragons often inhabit watery places, this one is shown hovering over a Lake District inspired scene.
The final coin design in gold.
The original pencil rough/competition winner before revisions
Packaging featuring a linocut illustration I was asked to create for the winning design.
Presentation box for the gold coin version.
Packaging for the base metal version of the coin.
Pencil sketch for the packaging illustration I submitted for approval before creating the linocut.
Linocut print for the packaging illustration.
The linocut print prepared for printing using Adobe Illustrator.
