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LUMIO ā Night Market Series šāØ
Meet LUMIO ā a tiny cloud spirit who fell asleep inside a lantern and woke up half-light, half-fog. Now he drifts through night markets after closing time, selling bottled moonlight and forgotten dreams to anyone still wandering.
The Character š»
LUMIO was born from a single idea: what if the last light at a night market was alive?
Round, soft, and glowing from within ā LUMIO's pearlescent body carries the warmth of every lantern that ever burned through midnight. His deep indigo eyes reflect entire galaxies. His golden crescent moon never leaves his head. And those two tiny potion bottles? One holds moonlight. The other holds something he won't talk about yet. @Contra HQ @Contra
He is palm-sized, precious, and completely unbothered by the dark.
The World š®
LUMIO lives in the quiet hour ā that magical window between when the last stall closes and when the first light of morning arrives. Empty cobblestone streets. Warm bokeh of fading lanterns. The smell of something sweet that no one can place.
He doesn't just exist in this world. He is the mood of it.
What I Built šØ
Every asset was built to prove LUMIO could travel anywhere and stay unmistakably himself:
š® Hero 3D Render ā Full cinematic character, glowing subsurface body, gold crescent, twin moonlight bottles. The character that started everything.
š Toy Turnaround Sheet ā Front / Left / Right / Back / Top views. Designed like a real vinyl art toy product document. Every seam, every paint zone, every accessory detail locked down.
ā Hand-Held Product Shot ā LUMIO photographed as if he's a real physical collectible being held up at a night market. This was the image I needed to make people want to own him.
The Design System šØ
A strict 4-color world. No exceptions:
#0D0D2B Midnight Navy ā the sky he lives in
#F5F0FF Pearl White ā his skin, his glow
#FFD97D Warm Gold ā the moon, the magic
#C9B8FF Soft Lavender ā his light on everything around him
Built With
š ļø All visuals created entirely in Recraft Studio using V4 and V4.1 ā character concepting in Exploration mode, toy turnaround with image-set consistency workflow, and the hand-held shot using photorealistic rendering.
"Every night market needs one light that never goes out." š
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