Cotton

Nine-year-old Jason built her as a school project — cotton balls for the body, cardboard for the frame, tape holding everything together. She gave her X eyes, Air Jordans, and a guitar she drew herself. Aethara rendered Cotton as a cinematic custom animated character in handcrafted craft style, honoring every cotton ball tuft, raw cardboard edge, and piece of tape exactly as Jason made her. Cotton didn't start in a design program. She started on a craft table, made by a kid who knew exactly what she was building — and she came out exactly right.