Two Flavors. Two Illustrators.
One Banana & Strawberry Campaign.
Role
Illustration | Banana / Yellow Campaign
Client
Mc Donald's UAE | Mastercard MENA
Scope
Key visual illustration, sketch to final artwork
01. The Project
For Summer 2023, Mastercard partnered with McDonald's on a limited-edition collaboration celebrating both brands' iconic colors through two new McFlurry flavors: Strawberry and Banana.
I was commissioned to illustrate the yellow half of the campaign — the Banana McFlurry — developing a playful visual language inspired by Mastercard's color palette, from early sketches through to the client-approved final artwork.
02. Sketch to Final
The banana illustration developed through rounds of sketching, shading studies and color exploration before reaching the client-approved final artwork.
03. A Two-Illustrator Collaboration
The red campaign, celebrating the Strawberry flavor, was illustrated independently by Nancy Kouta. Neither of us saw the other's work in progress — the two executions were combined only in the final video, each retaining its own personality while forming a single cohesive campaign.
COMBINED ARTWORK — RED BY NANCY KOUTA, YELLOW BY TINO NÁJERA
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