Collection 100 - Other insert

When looking for possible alien abduction prevention tips, I found this one website which advertises the use of a thought screen helmet which apparently prevents aliens from communicating with a victim through telepathic means:

"When the alien's telepathic powers are neutralized by the "thought screen helmet" they do not attempt to abduct their victims. Without their telepathic power they cannot render their victims passive. The thought screen helmet scrambles telepathic communication between aliens and humans. Aliens cannot immobilize people wearing thought screens nor can they control their minds or communicate with them using their telepathy. When aliens can't communicate or control humans, they do not take them. 

A Record of Success

The thought screen helmet has effectively stopped several types of aliens from abducting or controlling humans. Only three failures have been reported since 1998. "

This is a screenshot of the websites featuring people modelling the hat:

Also, in the film, Signs, they wear hats created from tin foil for the same effect:

I therefore wanted to create a step-by-step instruction manual on how to create a thought screen helmet which can be placed in the other insert I devised. Accompanying this would be a sheet of tin foil.

After searching the web for hat making instructions, I found out the process itself is extremely basic but again, much like the packaging design, I wanted the aesthetics to be clean cut and professional in order to enhance the humour. I then started to create a step by step instruction manual using simple design instructions.

Using the same dimensions as the cut out insert of my packaging (albeit slightly smaller to fit), I created an artboard containing the aforementioned text. Originally, I was planning on printing one sheet of card which fitted the insert perfect, however, it will be hard to fit all the imagery onto this single sheet alongside the text. 

I decided create a double sided instruction card (hence the use of the arrow).

I began adding the illustrations with text alongside using the same text, weight and colour as the illustrations in the book. 

This is the finished design featuring all 4 steps supported by text.