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GIFT HORSE / DIGITAL OWNERSHIP × WEB3

A CHARACTER.
MORE TO SAY.

Gift Horse needed a stronger persona for its Web3 communications. I developed a recognisable character and a way for the team to create more content with it.

PROJECTGift Horse
MY ROLECharacter strategy / Art direction / ChatGPT production workflow
THE BRIEF

Give a Web3 character a consistent personality across community content.

THE DELIVERY

Character direction, content variations and a GPT-powered production workflow.

Gift Horse logoGIFT HORSE / BRAND MARK
WHAT CHANGED

A consistent persona
across new situations.

The earlier mascot felt generic and childlike. I refined the character’s tone, proportions and visual cues so it could appear in community content, rewards and everyday moments while remaining recognisable.

AI / TEAM ENABLEMENT

The team can
make the next one.

I built a ChatGPT character workflow for Gift Horse, so the company can create new character content itself. The visual direction gives those variations a reference point. The team gains a way to keep producing; each output still needs a human eye for consistency and finish.

NEXT PROJECT / DIGITAL PRODUCTMestre Kronos

Project artwork