Like many artists, I want to understand how I can use AI smartly and effectively without cheapening my work or destroying the environment. On one hand, I see it as a powerful tool to be harnessed rather than a bot that's going to take our jobs, but unlike most tools it doesn't come with an instruction book to tell you what buttons to push. It requires ingenuity, creativity, and the patience of a parent dealing with a toddler.

I can't say I don't have qualms about the rapid integration of AI into virtually everything. I imagine things will be chaotic for a while as we learn how to wrestle with it, but it's here and can't be ignored, so I decided to embrace it and learn how to work with it in order to understand its strengths and weaknesses and make it work for me. In the end, it's not about better or worse, but what gets the job done.

Below you will find a broad range of ideas and experiments. Much of it is drawn from my Alphazett work as there is so much raw material to work with, but already sources are expanding. Stay tuned.

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Workflow:

  1. Narrative / system designChatGPT, Gemini
  2. Image generationMidjourney, ChatGPT, VizCom
  3. Motion generationKling, Adobe Firefly
  4. Post-production / finishingCyberLink PowerDirector 365 + Adobe Photoshop

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STORY TRAILER

ARCHITECTURAL FLY-THROUGH

This short trailer features Agent Thelonious Dent going to meet other Agents in the lobby of the Forum.  The building is the main character in this story. Developing the exterior was fairly straightforward, however, building it from the inside out has proved quite a challenge.

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Architectural Flythrough

Building Transformation

A Mission fly-through of a fuel refinery plant and a multiverse portal.

These are two completely unrelated concepts that I brought together for this trailer. The portal building, or Xana2 is the real focus of this experiment, where I'm hoping to develop the interior.

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Architectural Concept Trailer

One hundred and fifty people live and work aboard Gaia, a Carnivore Class Floating City that eats smog and cleans the air.

This is an ongoing investigation into organic architecture.

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COVER STORY TRAILER

The second entry in book-covers come to life. The stories are all in development, and these will primarily focus on character development.

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CHARACTER PROFILE

Guru | Traveling Philosopher | Super-Genius

This is the first in a series of character sketches from the Alphazett series People Say Things. Each character is a contributing author on their own particular brand of eccentricity.

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CHARACTER PROFILE

Punk Priestess | Aura Consultant

This is the second in a series of character sketches from the Alphazett series People Say Things.

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