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Epic Dark Fantasy Book Cover Design for KDP
Client: Bailey Dupont
Genre: Dark Fantasy / Queen's Saga
Concept: A fierce queen with crown and sword, ready to protect her kingdom.
Dark, regal, and powerful aesthetic to attract fantasy readers on Amazon.
Deliverables: Full wraparound, commercial license, KDP-ready files
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Human by Design — NOCAFF ☕🧢
For the Envato Challenge, I created NOCAFF, a coffee brand inspired by Gen Z culture, internet slang, and fashion editorials. Instead of following traditional coffee branding with warm browns and vintage café aesthetics, I explored a bold visual identity using electric blue, orange, black, and white, building a brand that feels playful, contemporary, and unmistakably digital.
Using Envato as my primary creative toolkit, I developed the complete brand experience—from logo design, typography, packaging, mockups, and visual identity to a fully art-directed commercial. I used Envato Elements for fonts, mockups, music, and creative assets, while Envato AI helped me generate the initial campaign visuals that became the foundation for the final film.
✨ Human by Design moment:
AI-generated possibilities, but it didn't define the brand.
The biggest creative decision was rejecting what was expected. Coffee brands usually lean into earthy palettes and cozy aesthetics, but I deliberately chose a bold, fashion-forward direction. Throughout the process, I refined prompts, changed lighting, camera angles, compositions, styling, and pacing until every image and every frame felt consistent with the world I wanted NOCAFF to live in.
The final result isn't just an AI-generated campaign—it's a brand shaped through creative direction, taste, storytelling, and human judgment.
AI generated the possibilities.
Human creativity built the brand.
Created with Envato Elements + Envato AI
Envato Elements used:
Fonts | Mockups | Graphics | Photos | Music | AI Image Generation | Creative Assets
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Electric blue and orange for a coffee brand is such a deliberate break from the earthy default, and it actually reads as more Gen Z because of it. The sunglasses and street styling in the shots sell the fashion editorial angle well.
Fruitea — Turning a Summer Craving into a Brand
For this challenge, I created Fruitea—a fictional tropical iced tea brand inspired by a simple summer craving.
On a 40°C day, I was craving something cold, colorful, and refreshing. I don't live anywhere near a beach, so instead of chasing that feeling, I decided to create it.
The goal wasn't just to design an iced tea brand. I wanted to create something that would make people crave the drink before they even took the first sip.
Creative Direction
I started by collecting inspiration on Pinterest before creating a quick vision board with ChatGPT to visualize the idea.
From there, I refined the concept into a clean, minimal identity where the drinks became the hero. Every decision—from the logo and flavors to the packaging and animations—was guided by one question:
"Does this make you want to reach for the drink?"
Using Envato
Envato became the primary creative toolkit behind Fruitea.
I used:
- ImageGen AI to create and refine the brand identity.
- VideoGen AI to animate the drinks.
- Stock footage to build the tropical atmosphere.
- Music to reinforce the mood.
- Canva to assemble the final campaign and workflow.
Human by Design
The most important part of this project wasn't generating images—it was making creative decisions.
Some of the biggest moments included:
- Refining the logo until it felt playful instead of generic.
- Reworking the drinks until they looked like refreshing iced tea instead of juice.
- Spending the most time refining the strawberry flavor until its animation matched the realism and movement of the other drinks.
- Keeping the packaging minimal so the drinks remained the hero.
- Opening the promo with fresh ingredients before revealing each drink to build anticipation and help viewers imagine the flavor.
Those decisions couldn't be made with a single prompt. They came from continuously refining, rejecting, and improving the work until it matched the feeling I had imagined from the very beginning.
The Project Includes:
- Brand Identity
- Logo Design
- Packaging Design
- Three Signature Drink Concepts
- Animated Product Visuals
- Promotional Campaign
- Workflow & Creative Process
Created using Envato
Envato tools used:
- ImageGen AI
- VideoGen AI
- Stock Footage
- Music
I couldn't have that perfect tropical drink...
...so I created it.
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Which one are you grabbing first?
🍓 Strawberry Lemon
🥭 Mango Passionfruit
🫐 Blueberry
Submarine 2026 — Packaging Design & Art Direction
Submarine is a popular specialty coffee roaster and they focus on high-quality coffee beans, playful coffee experiments, and educational content. Submarine planned to launch two new beverage categories: coffee lemonades and fruit-infused coffee drinks, while expanding the brand identity. My goal was to create a packaging system that catches customer's eye with it's bright, fresh, and energetic appearance.
The system was designed to work across multiple SKUs and packaging formats. A flexible layout allows each drink to have its own visual identity while maintaining strong brand recognition throughout the collection. Through this project Submarine received a cohesive visual identity that differentiates the brand from competitors and creates an instantly recognizable presence across packaging and promotional materials.
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