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I created The Red Umbrella, a 30 second emotional anime short about loneliness, kindness, and a connection that quietly travels across generations.
One of my main goals was to make the full 30 seconds feel like one continuous cinematic experience rather than a collection of separate AI generated shots. I planned each scene around camera direction, movement continuity, match cuts, character blocking, and seamless transitions so the story could flow naturally from beginning to end.
I built the project around consistent characters, locations, and props, then directed each moment to preserve continuity across the entire film.
The red umbrella acts as the visual thread throughout the story. What begins as a simple act of kindness eventually reveals a connection to the girl's mother, turning an ordinary object into a memory passed between generations.
My main focus was subtle emotional acting, controlled pacing, consistent anime direction, and a continuous visual flow across the full 30 seconds.
I also included a short workflow video after the final film, showing how I created the assets, structured the scenes, maintained continuity, and brought everything together in CapCut.
Loved the story behind this ❤️ The emotional connection between generations really got me.
design of the day, how do you do this and where did you get inspiration from. 🔥❤️
⚡ FLASH DEMO
Can AI actually design a mascot worth using in a real product?
I used Grok Imagine 2.0 to create a a 'fictional' mascot for ThisDay, my upcoming productivity app.
The first result was honestly pretty bad, but after three iterations we got much closer. From there, I used a few precision edits and refinements to clean up the character and push it into something that could work.
Once the mascot was finished, I also animated it directly in Grok Imagine and exported the final video.
Still not replacing a full design workflow for me, but being able to go from rough idea → iterations → targeted edits → animation in one place was surprisingly useful.
Would you use an AI-generated mascot in a real product, or would you still prefer to build it manually?
Honestly, I’d use it if the mascot fits the product. The fact that you can iterate and animate it in the same workflow is pretty impressive.
