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Cover image for BRAYD: The Braided Focus Flame
BRAYD: The Braided Focus Flame 🔥 BRAYD is an original mascot created for BURN THE TASK, a fictional productivity ritual brand built around focus, completion, and quiet discipline. Rather than designing a cute candle character, I built a full mascot system around one clear visual behavior: focused time burns into completion. BRAYD is a braided wick core inside a faceted wax body. As a task progresses, the wick burns down, the wax form changes through clear stages, and the final braided strand becomes a checkmark. The mascot was designed to stay recognizable across every touchpoint, from the custom wordmark and hero poster to the sticker system, focus ritual packaging, burn sequence, and consistency board. Every asset uses the same visual DNA: the same braided wick, the same faceted wax body, the same angular flame, and the same final checkmark. This project explores how a single mascot can become the face of a fictional productivity world by turning an abstract idea, focus, into a visual ritual. Character Brief Name: BRAYD Role: The Braided Focus Flame Personality: quiet, intense, disciplined, stubborn, focused, and encouraging without being soft. BRAYD does not rush you and does not distract you. He simply burns with you until the task is done. His braided wick represents focused effort, his faceted wax body represents pressure and progress, and his final checkmark represents completion earned through attention. Recraft Project Explore the full project here: https://www.recraft.ai/project/a75515d8-3533-42f4-9a93-9815d2f3f7e3 Applications Included The BRAYD system includes a custom name logo, hero poster, sticker pack, focus ritual packaging, burn to checkmark sequence, and a final consistency board showing the mascot across multiple moments and touchpoints. Proof of Consistency Same wick. Same facets. Same flame. Same final checkmark. #RecraftAI #CharacterDesign #MascotDesign #BrandIdentity #CreativeAI #Illustration #DesignChallenge #BrandDesign #ConceptArt #MotionDesign #GraphicDesign #MascotSystem #ProductivityDesign #DigitalArt
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Cover image for SPROUT — Grow Good Things
SPROUT — Grow Good Things 🌱 SPROUT is an original mascot created for a fictional eco-lifestyle brand that encourages people to make small everyday actions count—planting, recycling, protecting nature, and spreading kindness. Rather than designing just a cute character, I built an entire visual identity system around Sprout, ensuring the mascot stays instantly recognizable across every touchpoint. From the custom wordmark and color palette to merchandise, packaging, stickers, app icon, environmental storytelling, and animation, every asset was created to feel like part of one cohesive world. The floating water spirit represents life, growth, and hope, while Sprout's glowing leaf symbolizes that even the smallest act can create lasting change. This project explores how a single mascot can become the face of an entire fictional brand through consistent design, storytelling, and scalable applications. 🌱 Character Brief Name: SPROUT Role: Guardian of Growth Personality: Curious, optimistic, adventurous, compassionate, playful, and endlessly encouraging. Sprout believes every tiny action matters. Whether planting a seed, helping nature, or inspiring someone else, Sprout reminds us that big change always starts small. Recraft Project Explore the full project here: https://www.recraft.ai/project/0225d5a4-cccd-4ef5-badc-f507a21a2dfe #RecraftAI #CharacterDesign #MascotDesign #BrandIdentity #CreativeAI #Illustration #3DCharacter #DesignChallenge #BrandDesign #ConceptArt #AIArtist #MotionDesign #GraphicDesign #EcoBrand #DigitalArt
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