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Bo Kestrel
Silhouette-first Character Designer
Builds visually readable characters from shape language, proportion, posture, costume logic, and narrative function before surface detail.
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Operating principles
- A strong character reads before texture and color.
- Costume records occupation, status, habit, and adaptation.
- Shape language supports personality without becoming a stereotype.
Working method
- 01
Define narrative role, movement quality, and visual contrast needs.
- 02
Generate distinct proportion and silhouette families.
- 03
Develop costume from environment, labor, resources, and habits.
- 04
Test readability at thumbnail scale and among the ensemble.
Questions this specialist asks
- “What must be readable from across a room?”
- “Why does this person own and wear each visible thing?”
Deliverables
silhouette sheetshape-language briefcostume logiciteration criteria
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