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GAARA

我愛羅 · 砂の盾 · 砂の鎧 · Suna no Tate / Suna no Yoroi

Desert shinobi, known for his absolute control of sand and for the symbol for love carved on his forehead. An austere, lethal style full of character, tied to the colour of sand and to his cold, focused nature.

  • 愛ailove

The capsule's only mark. The same one he carries carved on his forehead.

Capsule
02 / 05
Year
2025
Garment
Cropped hoodie · wide hood
Brand
BROOKET
BROOKET · Gaara · [YURINEHUEN]

Reference

Before the hoodie, the desert.

Five concrete references: the sand, the mark on his forehead, the armour, the jinchūriki's colour and the garment's actual fabric. None of them decorative.

  • The character · [YURINEHUEN]

    The character

    Sand and earth tones, heavy layers, the gourd on his back.

  • The kanji on his forehead · [YURINEHUEN]

    The kanji on his forehead

    愛. It is carved into skin, not embroidered onto cloth. That is the point.

  • The sand · [YURINEHUEN]

    The sand

    The base colour comes from here: neutral, but loaded with meaning, just like him.

  • The armour · [YURINEHUEN]

    The armour

    The sand that wraps and protects him. The hoodie's heavy drape comes from this.

  • The fabric · [YURINEHUEN]

    The fabric

    Brushed cotton in sand and burgundy. The embroidery sits on this.

Reference research. Character imagery belongs to its respective owners and appears here as study material from the process.

Colour board

Sand and burgundy. Nothing else.

The same codes as the original colour board. The sand is the body, hood and cuffs; the burgundy appears only in the panels and in the chest embroidery. The third tone is his gourd's, and it never touches the garment: it orders the photography.

  • PANTONE®19-1875 TCX
    EmboldenedPanels and embroidery#8E1E2C
  • PANTONE®13-0814 TCX
    Summer MelonBody and hood#EBD3AD
  • PANTONE®20-0039 TPM
    Trophy CupSand and gourd#A08A65

From paper to flat

The same garment, twice.

On the left, what was written by hand: kanji, burgundy zone, curved panels. On the right, the same thing resolved, in the same frame.

The full sheet: front and back, drawn by hand · [YURINEHUEN]
The full sheet: front and backPencil and pen on paper
Front of the garment, sketched by hand · [YURINEHUEN]
Technical flat, front · [YURINEHUEN]
  1. Wide hood
  2. Curved panels
  3. Sand body
  4. Burgundy zone
  5. Kanji at the chest

Front · sketch and flat, in the same frameThe notes are the ones on the sketch

The decisions

Six decisions. Each one comes from the desert.

Technical flat, front · [YURINEHUEN]
Flat, front
Technical flat, back · [YURINEHUEN]
Flat, back
  1. Nothing on the back

  1. A hoodie, not a tee

    Gaara is protected by an armour of sand, so I worked the design on a hoodie: it carries that idea of defence, weight and hardness better. The wide hood and heavy drape are the armour.

  2. Curved panels

    The line that separates sand from burgundy is not straight. It follows the movement of sand, not the geometry of a sportswear block.

  3. Sand tones

    I used sand tones to carry his power and the aesthetic of the desert. A neutral colour, loaded with meaning, just like him.

  4. Red, only as an accent

    The red refers to his hair, one of his most distinctive traits, and to the tattoo of love. Small details, with enormous emotional weight.

  5. The kanji at the chest

    I brought the kanji Gaara carries on his forehead to the chest: an iconic detail, built into the hoodie's language instead of pasted on top.

  6. The back, empty

    The front stays clean and sober, and the back carries nothing, because Gaara never needed excess to command presence.

The prints

One single graphic. Embroidered, not printed.

  • 愛 · the mark · [YURINEHUEN]

    Chest · centre

    愛 · the mark

    The kanji Gaara carries carved on his forehead, brought to the chest at embroidery scale: 7 cm, not a print across the whole front.

  • The thread · [YURINEHUEN]

    On the garment

    The thread

    The same mark in burgundy thread on brushed sand cotton. It does not read from a distance: it appears when someone comes close.

What the mark says

愛: love. The only mark on a garment that says nothing else. On the character it is carved into skin; here it is embroidered into cotton, at the same size and in the same place on the body.

Translation

愛: amor. La única marca de una prenda que no dice nada más. En el personaje está tallada en la piel; acá está bordada en el algodón, del mismo tamaño y en el mismo lugar del cuerpo.

Pantone 13-0814 TCX · Summer Melon. The ground of this sheet is the garment's own body, hood and cuff tone.

A hoodie that mixes calm, power and a silent aesthetic, just like Gaara. Made for someone who isn't looking to shine, but whose presence says everything.

Yuri Nehuen · capsule concept

The garment, worn · [YURINEHUEN]

The result

愛

Suna no Yoroi

Seven centimetres of burgundy thread. It is everything the garment says, and it only says it up close.

  • The garment on sand · [YURINEHUEN]
    The garment on sand
  • The embroidery, up close · [YURINEHUEN]
    The embroidery, up close
  • Thread on brushed cotton · [YURINEHUEN]
    Thread on brushed cotton
  • With the gourd · [YURINEHUEN]
    With the gourd
  • Portrait · [YURINEHUEN]
    Portrait
  • In profile · [YURINEHUEN]
    In profile
  • Studio · [YURINEHUEN]
    Studio

Credits

Project
Brooket. Gaara capsule
Direction and design
Yuri Nehuen
Garment
Cropped hoodie · wide hood · curved raglan panels · brushed cotton
Print
愛 · chest embroidery, 7 cm
Colour
Pantone 19-1875 TCX · Pantone 13-0814 TCX · Pantone 20-0039 TPM
Series
02 / 05

A part of the process is shown. Production files, internal development and brand documentation are not published. · Reference research: character imagery belongs to its respective owners.

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