Andrés Mesa's Work | ContraWork by Andrés MesaAndrés Mesa
Storyteller crafting result-oriented videos for smart brands
Nazca Terra Pop is a vector style, built from a single Nasca bottle painted on the south coast of Peru 1,500 years ago .
I unwrapped its flying figure, vectorized it, and grew a small world of people, animals and objects around it to train the style, keeping the original earth palette of terracotta, maroon and bone. Then I gave it real jobs: an in-flight safety guide for a made-up airline, a ten-piece collection called Everyday Problems that tells modern annoyances the way the Nasca told their myths, and a microsite (https://andresmesa.com/nazca) where the art becomes a painted tablet again like it would be 1500 years ago.
Hello, World. This video is kind of personal. I stopped making videos ten years ago. I was doing countless corporate gigs, and the whole thing started to feel tedious and soulless. I always wanted to tell stories; that's why I studied filmmaking. Discovering generative AI felt like making my first short film, and playing with it since then has opened up a world of possibilities.
So the story references different stages. The macaw is the public that's apprehensive about AI and doesn't want anything to change. The raccoon is that moment of discovery. The sacred chamber of gods is what I feel right now: both awe and fear of what AI can do, or could become. And being propelled to LA, crash-landing in the mecca of filmmaking, is the cherry on top.
Why a mango tree? (https://hollow-jetty-43am.here.now/) We have a macaw at home, and she is so protective of her mango tree. I don't think AI could ever evoke how crazy and loud she screams when an unknown person or animal gets close to it.
Made with CapCut!
#CapCutWorld #CapCutWorldLA #1000WaysToCCW
@CapCut Check out a Scan to Shop transition I made with invideo for a brand I’m building, MARAUL (https://marine-tablet-hsyh.here.now/).
I wanted a promo where you feel you could pause and shop. I asked the invideo Editor agent to freeze her in the wave, lock onto the rash guard and push straight through the print. It took a few tries, but it nailed the transition, then I asked it to use it for the rest of the edits. The agent added the sound effects and the music. Oh, and the raccoon explainer was built through the invideo MCP, just from my voiceover and screencaps.
invideo Editor is amazing, and the MCP connection is one of the best I’ve tried.
invideo Editor is free to try.
Built for Agentic Effects on @Contra · @invideo.io Title: FRAGMENTS OF DEVOTION — Jewellery drawn from the Crown of the Andes
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21698
Ten pieces inspired from that crown. Not copies of it, pieces of it.