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Looking Back: My First AI Creation — April 2026
Before I began developing structured AI-assisted production workflows, I was experimenting and discovering what these tools could do.
This concert-style music video featuring Lisa Dean was one of my very first AI creations, made using Luma AI in April 2026. I brought a character I had created in a wrestling game into an AI-generated concert setting and explored how I could combine visuals, music, and atmosphere into a performance.
At the time, I was learning through experimentation, testing possibilities, and discovering both the creative potential and limitations of AI.
Looking back at this project reminds me how far my creative process has evolved since those early experiments. It remains an important milestone in my journey as a character creator and visual storyteller.
Every creative journey starts somewhere. This is where mine began.
#AICreativity #CreativeDirection #VisualStorytelling #LumaAI
april 2026 feels like a lifetime ago in ai years, wild seeing the starting point
Thank you for the follow and for your thoughtful comment, Benjamin! I sometimes forget just how much AI has evolved since April. Looking back at one of my first creations has me thinking about revisiting my early experiments and comparing them with what I can create today. I’m...
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