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My entry for the Envato × Contra Human by Design challenge.
AI has changed the game and made almost anything possible. But just because you can make anything doesn’t mean you always know what to make.
For this one, I took one simple piece of Envato’s identity, the logo, and pushed it as far as I could with one goal: make a pretty sick ad.
From there, it was a lot of experimenting, prompting, failing, refining, and eventually bringing all those ideas to life using Envato’s AI tools.
The result is my take on Human by Design. AI can give us endless possibilities, but someone still has to come up with the idea and decide where to take it.
100% created using Envato’s AI features.
Some serious work right there, great submisson!
Thanks man!
The way you took just the logo and let it evolve into something new is such a smart constraint for this challenge. What was the trickiest part of keeping it recognizable as Envato while still pushing it somewhere unexpected?
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Thanks!
One of the best designs I’ve seen today. Really solid work 👏 Taking a core brand piece and expanding it is perfect for clean landing page structures.
Thank you!
Thank you Dan! your submission is very cool as well, so funny 🚀
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This looks clean and well thought out. How long did it take you to bring everything together?
Thank you! well the visuals took me like 5,6 hours without the editing part
The "pretty sick ad" framing over just a logo is a good reminder that the brief mattered more than the toolset here. Curious how many rounds of failed prompts it took before you landed on that final direction.
it was a lot haha, Thank you man!
this is so cool, love the Porsche wing
Thank you man!
Wooow! This is sick
Thank you man! 🙌
Damn! This is in my top 10 submissions so far 🔥
Woow, Thanks man!🙌
Really impressive work! The atmosphere and visual storytelling are amazing. I especially like how you created a strong mood throughout the video. How did you approach the creative direction for this piece?
Love seeing this breakdown of your process!
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Wear Your Feelings — a pop-surrealist streetwear ecosystem 🧠🔥
Standard AI gave me generic clip art.
My Human by Design moment: overriding it, mapping every detail to real psychology — handwritten letters for Grief, exploding dough for Hope, a vinyl record for Nostalgia, a "CLOSED" sign for Burnout, grenade chilis for Rage.
Started as a cookbook concept. Became a full brand — apparel, sunglasses, hot sauce packaging, campaign reels — one Envato pipeline, start to finish.
@Envato gave it a canvas. Human taste gave it a soul.
Check out the raw walkthrough video below for the exact workflow breakdown. 🎬👇
walkthrough:
What started as a poster for a local Longboard Fest turned into a creative playground.
I began by generating an illustration from two reference images. After a LOT of iterations, I finally found the direction I was looking for.
Then I experimented with Envato's Style Transfer, exploring different visual styles until one really stood out.
My first idea was simple: place the poster into mockups and animate a flyer falling onto the sand. But once I saw it... it just didn't feel right.
So I changed direction.
While browsing Envato's video templates, I found one with layered posters. Instead of choosing a single design, I decided to animate five different versions of my poster.
That unexpected decision completely transformed the final result, and became my Human by Design moment.
AI helped me explore possibilities, but the creative direction, the decisions, and the final story were entirely human.
Created for the Contra × Envato Human by Design Challenge.
Envato assets used: AI Image Generation | Style Transfer | Mockups | Video Generation | Music | Voice Gen
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I like that you shared the changes in direction instead of just the final result. Those creative pivots are usually where the strongest ideas come from.
For this challenge, I created KUMO, a playful toy brand from scratch 🧸✨
I designed the toy characters, developed the branding, created custom mockups, and designed a website to bring the whole world together. I used Envato throughout the creative process for visuals, assets, experimentation, and refinement, while Suno helped me create the background music 🎵
From the toys to the website, I wanted every detail to feel playful, cohesive, and part of the same nostalgic world.
so cool!!
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