I heard youthe first time.

They said big head.The head heard everything.

TILT entering a party through a doorway that is too small for his head

TILT opening his head to reveal a colourful creative studio

TILT cutting the measuring tape circling his head

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The comment

A joke can be five seconds for the room and five years for the person.

People have called me big head for years. The collection begins with the awkwardness of hearing it again, then follows every thought that arrives after: make the joke first, take up less space, replay it later.

TILT lets the feature stay exaggerated. Nothing gets corrected. The story changes because he decides what the head means.

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The Door Gets There First

Sometimes the feature enters before the person does.

You walk into the room already wondering what everybody has noticed. TILT grips his jacket while his head crosses the threshold before the rest of him.

The Door Gets There First, portrait 1 from I Heard You the First Time — TILT / Portrait 01

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Laugh Before They Do

If I say it first, maybe it cannot land as hard.

The joke becomes armour. TILT fires the party horn before anybody has opened their mouth, then checks the table to see whether it worked.

Laugh Before They Do, portrait 2 from I Heard You the First Time — TILT / Portrait 02

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Still Heard It at Home

Everybody moved on. The comment came home with me.

A small remark can keep looping in a quiet room. TILT peels the empty speech bubble away, but the line it left is still circling.

Still Heard It at Home, portrait 3 from I Heard You the First Time — TILT / Portrait 03

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More Room Up Here

Fine. There is a lot in here. Look what fits.

The insult changes when the head opens. Records, sketches, cameras, plants, buildings and unfinished ideas turn the exaggerated feature into a working studio.

More Room Up Here, portrait 4 from I Heard You the First Time — TILT / Portrait 04

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Taking Up the Whole Photo

Am I too much, or is the frame simply too small?

TILT tries to shrink inside a photo booth that was never built for him. The failed strips on the floor keep cropping the parts that make him recognisable.

Taking Up the Whole Photo, portrait 5 from I Heard You the First Time — TILT / Portrait 05

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You Can Stop Measuring

The head stays. The measuring tape can go.

The ending is not a makeover. TILT remains exactly the same size and calmly cuts the tape that kept turning somebody else’s opinion into a measurement.

You Can Stop Measuring, portrait 6 from I Heard You the First Time — TILT / Portrait 06

What changes

Not the head. The ownership.

They notice it.

You protect it with humour.

You carry it home.

You decide what it means.

Built as a character system

One recognisable face. Six different inner rooms.

Character: Original TILT design
Work: Concept, narrative, character and art direction
Medium: AI-assisted image generation, selection and refinement
Status: Self-initiated personal collection