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I called this short Kintsugi (the japanese art of reparing broken ceramics using gold), the plot twist for this is more human like, when something changes inside you and you take the pain to build something.
Link to the project: https://renoise.ai/canvas?project=fee53647-10c8-47f1-9125-6cc75639fe94
Beautiful metaphor for healing through life's broken pieces
Thanks a lot! I initially had planned something bigger and dramatic but the video generation wasn't outputting what I initially was expecting. Still then, I appreciate your kind comment 🫶🏽
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For this challenge, I decided to explore what creativity and "Human by Design" mean to me by creating a mixed-media, collage-inspired social reel using Envato Elements as my main media source.
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Hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. 🧠 🚀
Hey man, long time no see! I loved your visuals, especially that girl with a 2K aesthetic, looks awesome! Glad to hear you reconnected with the artistic process, we spent a lot of time working for clients and we often forget about the fun part: playing around and enjoying the process.
I transformed a raw AI-generated hero concept into a more refined, intentional, and human-touched visual direction using Envato as my main creative toolkit.
The original AI output had a strong idea, but it still needed clearer composition, better visual balance, softer mood, and a more polished editorial feeling. I started by creating a moodboard, writing the concept, and building a simple visual direction in Figma.
Then I used Envato to source stock photos, graphics, textures, floral elements, and fonts. I also used Envato’s AI tools to remove backgrounds, adjust colors, change styles, and refine the orientation of selected assets before bringing everything together.
My “Human by Design” moment was deciding not to keep the AI image as it was. Instead, I reshaped the composition with human judgment — simplifying the layout, balancing the statue, florals, typography, negative space, and soft visual effects to make the hero section feel calmer, more premium, and emotionally intentional.
AI helped generate the starting point. Envato gave me the creative assets and tools. Human taste shaped the final design.
This is how I turned an AI-generated concept into an AI + human-touched hero design.
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Really thoughtful process. I like that you treated the AI output as a starting point rather than the final answer. The way you refined the composition, negative space, typography, and softer mood shows a clear Human by Design decision. The final direction feels much more intentional and premium. Great work and Good luck!
