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EichenwaldAtelier grew into a project focused on exploring the possibility space of local AI image generation including LoRA creation. Mostly focused on Black Forest Labs models like Flux.
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Nice play with light and shadow.
Built “Blue Star” for the Melius Creative Challenge ✨
Blue Star is a surreal animated dream world inspired by Vincent van Gogh paintings and lucid dreaming.
I wanted to create something that felt less like “AI-generated content” and more like drifting through a living painting at midnight.
The workflow was built entirely inside Melius using connected image + video generation nodes to maintain a consistent painterly dream aesthetic across every scene.
The project moves through:
• floating staircases in endless skies
• dreamlike glowing hallways
• trains crossing oceans in the night
• cosmic sunflower fields
• surreal moonlit worlds
The goal wasn’t realism.
Project link: https://app.melius.com/projects/9a45f4e3-69f6-4ef8-b5ed-fc333c2647c8/canvas/fedf41cc-6f43-4843-a766-fc241927b11c
It was emotion, atmosphere, and the feeling of being inside a dream you don’t want to wake up from.
Huge thanks to the Melius team for creating such a visually creative workflow experience 🌌
This is so unique!
Signals from a Dead Moon — Autonomous AI Indie Game Studio
Signals from a Dead Moon is an AI-native indie game universe created entirely inside Melius through interconnected creative workflows and specialized agent systems.
Inside the canvas, I built interconnected systems for:
- worldbuilding and lore
- cinematic trailer development
- Steam launch visuals
- retro-futuristic UI systems
- atmospheric PS1-inspired environments
- key art generation
- analog horror visual storytelling
- cohesive visual identity exploration
Rather than treating AI as a one-off image generator, I wanted the project to feel like an autonomous indie game studio where every department shares the same creative direction and evolves together inside a unified canvas.
The visual direction combines:
- retro sci-fi
- analog horror
- PS1-era aesthetics
- CRT/VHS distortion
- cinematic indie game presentation
- liminal industrial environments
Feedback: One of the most interesting parts of working in Melius was how naturally the node-based workflow encouraged branching creative exploration while still maintaining consistency across the entire universe. LOVE IT. I didn't spent time adding node by node, just typing what I want and was Build
The project started from a single master prompt and progressively expanded into a dense interconnected creative system that feels closer to directing a multimedia production studio than creating standalone AI assets.
Everything shown in the submission was built entirely within Melius during the challenge period.
Interesting work 👍 I reckon it captured the vibe you were aiming for.
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