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Inspired by: Grere'o (Shield), Solomon Islands, early-to-mid 19th century, from The Met's open archive.
Link to Original Art : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310073
I liked this shield because of its beautiful pattern and shine. It has a detailed design with a human figure in the middle, made from woven cane and shiny shell pieces. It looked like something made to be seen, not just used.
What I made: I turned the shield into a surfboard, but kept its design exactly the same, same pattern, same shine, same figure. I only changed its shape into a board. I picked a surfboard because its long shape already matches the shield's shape, so it felt like a natural change.
How I made it: I downloaded the Sheild image from Met's open archive, then imported the sheild picture in flora , connected picture with text prompt node, then I connected both picture and text prompt node to the video node and I selected the seedance 2.5 model with 30sec clip, I kept the work flow simple because I am new to flora and I was afraid maybe I may use all the credits before even creating good video, add this in how I made it
Why I made this: I wanted to take this design out of the museum and give it a new life in something people can use and see in motion. I think the shield's pattern is still beautiful enough to belong in The Met today, just now on a different object.
Instagram post link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc3Nn8IAT2O/
Twitter(X) post link: https://x.com/AhmadSauleh/status/2095827847915163648?s=20
Beautifully created!
Thank you ✨
This is so creative, I love the idea you used for it
Thank you so much!
keep it up, your creation is awesome
Thank You So Much for appreciating me❤️🩹
Your'e welcome :)
Such a clean fusion of culture and modern sport! Did you encounter any issues getting FLORA to keep the intricate shell pattern consistent across different camera angles
Thanks! And yes maintaining those fine inlaid details across dynamic motion shots took quite a bit of prompt tweaking and reference locking in the canvas, but it came together in the end!
Your'e welcome, I was wandering about the Seedance model and now about Flora, I am confused what is the difference between both and which one is more worth buying
The difference is simple Seedance is just a video generator, but Flora has more options within the canvas where we create things, we can create videos, images, prompts, audio etc all within one editior and specially when we want to use images as reference for the objects to be...
This is really beautiful, I wasn't expecting the intense
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