April fool's fish generator
1st of April is April fool’s day : every tricks and jokes are welcomed !
A very old fashion way to celebrate it for kids in France is to draw colorful fishes on paper and tape them on fellow’s back.
A very old fashion way to celebrate it for kids in France is to draw colorful fishes on paper and tape them on fellow’s back.
As a kid, 1st of April was my favorite day before Christmas or even my own birthday.
For the last two years, we built web project for this special occasion with my teammate with simple ambition in mind : to tricks people we love and have fun together.
For the last two years, we built web project for this special occasion with my teammate with simple ambition in mind : to tricks people we love and have fun together.
Obvious mobile first interface
An input bar in a middle of the screen. Every letter bring a new component to draw your fish
An input bar in a middle of the screen. Every letter bring a new component to draw your fish
Generate your 🐠
Cause it’s easy and well optimized, user can try lot of words.We had lot of fun looking the backlog
Cause it’s easy and well optimized, user can try lot of words.We had lot of fun looking the backlog
Share it + Print it
A good April fool fish is made to share. Using social media or real paper
A good April fool fish is made to share. Using social media or real paper
Cheat codes
Cause we love video game references, we also play with keyboard .
Add secret items to your fish by using keyboard symbols
Cause we love video game references, we also play with keyboard .
Add secret items to your fish by using keyboard symbols
# → add 🔫 Press several time on # , the gun is getting bigger and bigger
$ → add 💸 Press several time on $ , and swim into money
( ) → add fishbowl Nice background for your fish to live in
Illustration process
It was so much fun to draw more than 150 items and look how they magically can be combined to build illustrations.
I started by choosing my 26 colors to build a very distinctive palette. I doodled almost every item on paper before getting to Adobe Illustrator and start the real work.
I started by choosing my 26 colors to build a very distinctive palette. I doodled almost every item on paper before getting to Adobe Illustrator and start the real work.
