I loved this challenge and tried out a new coloring technique for the poster. For this design I wanted to reference the pawns ability in some games to become a king once it reaches the other side of the board and made on pawn in the kings place on either side larger and more unique. I also referenced a tactic I use in my own chess games for some of the pawn designs.

The rooks main job is defence as it can only move sideways and up/down. This design references thsoe moves as well as the Castling tactic where the rook protects the King once the king is in the corner of the board. I loved using the new techniques I learned and having 100 items to work with gave me a fun challenge where I wanted to incorportate everything without overwhelming the piece.

For the knight, I tried a new color palette, and while I loved the colors, in hindsight it stands out too much from the rest of the series. However for this design I focused on the L shaped movements of the Knight and attempted some new composition techniques to make it more unique.

This was by far the hardest composition challenge, because from the outset I knew I wanted to highlight the diagonal movements of the Bishop in chess, however I needed to design in a way that didn't over crowd the piece. Overall I loved the solution I came up with to get all 100 peices on the design while also not over crowding the design.

For the Queen, I wanted to reference the Queen of Hearts with the pink color palette. The composition was tricky because the Queen is the most powerful piece in chess and I wanted to find a design that represented that power, presence, and command. I attempted to create a crown around the main queen, and played around with reflections along the bottom. I also have two queens protecting a 3rd smaller one along the top to reference how the Queen protects the king throughout Chess.