Kämilø ᚺarämillø

Hollow Season

Six characters waiting out the longest winter.

Year
2024
Role
Character design, visual storytelling
Tools
Photoshop, Procreate
Type
Personal project
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Hollow Season is a character-driven project about six people sharing one failing shelter through a winter that does not end.

Each design is built from what the person carries, what they have already burned for warmth, and what they refuse to.

Brief

Design a cast that can be read at a glance in silhouette, then rewards a closer look in costume detail.

The six characters at the shelter fire
Key image with the full cast.

Characters

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The Keeper

Holds the fire and the rules. Wears every blanket they have collected.

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The Courier

The only one who still leaves the shelter. Light layers, heavy boots, a wax-sealed satchel.

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The Mender and the Cartographer.

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The shelter

Interior of the shelter
Interior, one light source.
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Props: lamp, kettle, map case, sled, ledger, bell.

Credits

  • Character design · Kämilø ᚺarämillø
  • Software · Photoshop, Procreate