A hummingbird brand character developed from silhouette studies into a living story world

Create a Character

Build a character your brand can keep.

Shinobi Strategy creates the identity, personality, voice, rules, and world together, so the first campaign feels like the beginning of a character rather than the end of a design project.

Create a new character

Character development

Designed for what happens after launch.

A memorable shape is only the start. We build the decisions that let different writers, directors, markets, and teams keep making the same character.

01

Role

What the character does for the brand, who it speaks to, and why audiences should care.

02

Form

A recognizable silhouette, face, movement language, wardrobe, colors, and expression system.

03

Character

Personality expressed through choices, behavior, vocabulary, humor, voice, and clear boundaries.

04

World

A repeatable story environment with places, relationships, props, and room to grow.

05

Launch

A first campaign that proves the character can perform, not merely pose.

Character sketches and the finished hummingbird character in its world

Built to continue

One launch. Many futures.

The finished system can support advertising, social stories, education, seasonal campaigns, branded entertainment, and new markets without redesigning the character each time.

CampaignsShort filmsSocial seriesEducationLocalizationBranded entertainment

Start with the role, not the costume.

Tell Shinobi Strategy what the character needs to make possible. We will build the identity and the operating system around that job.

Create a new character