Buddies! is a storybook manual that accompanies a series of bespoke, interactive dolls designed from children's drawings. The dolls use cutting-edge tech to allow sick children to stay in contact with their guardians at all times.
Alongside illustrating the manual and adapting the toys into characters, I got to punch up the writing a little and added the 'hug ending.'
It was a joy to do this project.
Additionally, I was asked to produce a series of 'around the world postcards' that were printed and sent to each child detailing Buddy's ongoing adventures with other kids. These are in a different project HERE.
You can see the postcards HERE.
My initial sketches: the original drawing from one of the kids is on the far left there: Buddy is an evolution of her design.
