The design of the Three Witnesses was central to the visual development of Death of Fles. I imagined each figure as a hybrid of musical instrument and monstrous body, embodying both the act of testimony and the haunting dissonance of self-expression.

From the outset, my aim was to let each witness represent a different facet of the protagonist’s fractured identity. The Electric Guitar hybrid was conceived as a sharp, almost aggressive presence, reflecting external judgment and the violence of ridicule. The Synthesizer creature, with its blend of analog keys and digital circuitry, symbolised mechanisation and the uncertainty of being caught between human and machine. Finally, the Saxophone automaton embodied delirium and emotional collapse, its form twisting into an overwhelming spectacle of sound and body.

Through sketches, colour studies, and material explorations, I pushed these designs to balance the grotesque and the expressive. Each witness is not simply a character, but a performative atmosphere—an extension of the trial itself. By merging the organic and the instrumental, the Three Witnesses became embodiments of alienation, voicing fragments of the corpse’s life while revealing the monstrous tension between art, memory, and identity.