Art direction: layered paper cut-out portrait. Every form is a cut sheet of matte paper with visible fiber grain, torn or knife-cut edges and a very soft shadow between layers. The face is built from a few carefully cut skin-tone planes with drawn pencil details for the eyes, brows and mouth. Muted palette of dusty blue, warm grey, pale ochre and umber, with one muted coral accent used only in the symbolic motif. Tactile, quiet and humane, like a contemporary literary picture book for adults.