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My last minute entry for #RecraftChallenge is GERM.
GERM doesn't have a face, a voice, or any interest in your approval.
He's a bulky, chrome-masked figure who is the mascot behind biggest underground raves known. If you couldn't already tell- neon and black are his favorite. Like the name says: you catch him, and you don't shake him.
Project link: https://www.recraft.ai/project/553e82c7-261b-496e-9b0c-51926d66623c
All of the designs, videos, sticker and figurine were done inside Recraft using Exploration mode, GPT 2 and Seedance 2.
I did enjoy exploration mode because it helped me set the initial silhouette of him that I sketched out further after.
Check the comments for more workflow details.
Let me know what you think🔥
GERM's whole no face, no voice, no interest in your approval bit comes through just from the pose and the chrome mask. That's the hard part of mascot design, getting personality across without a single facial expression to lean on.
True Rafee! Tried my best to showcase the mascot and his theme considering he literally has no face or facial expressions. His aesthetic and the world he is in speaks for itself🚀
Some workflow and sketches!
Let me know if you mess with GERM🔥
Nice
Thank you Victor 🤝
Amazing presentation
Thank you Victor 🙏
Well done 👍
Thank you Esther🔥
Nice vibes 💯
Thank you Isaac!🚀
Amazing 👏
Love the world-building here. A mascot with a clear identity is far more memorable than one that's just visually interesting. 🔥
Thank you! Loved the idea of a dark y2k world in which I ended up placing character in, matching the whole vibe💯
Love this!
Thank you Sharon!🔥
You're welcome
"You catch him, and you don't shake him" is such a good line for the character - the whole chrome-mask-and-neon direction actually sells that attitude visually too. How much of the final look came from your original sketch versus what exploration mode pushed you toward?
Thank you Maty! I'd say exploration mode helped me visualize him as a very rough draft: angle, proportions, vibe, color scheme based on the text prompt. I then fed the desired image from exploration into GPT 2. After trial and error with GPT 2 I then decided to grab some images...
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