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I built this site myself — a personal site with a red-and-blue lighting theme, animated name intro, and a few different sections showing my film work, writing, and a bit about me. Made it to look and feel a little different from the usual template site.
<https://storied-faun-a27b9.netlify.app/
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Human by Design: Driving AI with Instinct
About the Project
AI can generate stunning visuals in seconds, but it still lacks one crucial element: human intuition, taste, and emotional depth. For the Envato Challenge, I wanted to showcase the exact moment where human judgment turns a raw AI layout into a high-end, commercial-grade video.
The Workflow & My "Human by Design" Moment
When working with AI video generations, it’s easy to get lost in technical perfection that ultimately feels empty. My turning point in this project was realizing that not everything should be AI-generated. If there is high-quality B-roll, crisp sound effects, or a powerful music track already available, a real director uses them to ground the project in reality.
Instead of forcing the AI to fix its own pacing or audio mistakes, I took full control of the director's chair:
The Core: Used Envato Elements as my main creative hub to source real B-roll, seamless transitions, and precise sound design.
The Human Touch: Cut out the uninspired AI shots, restructured the timing, and layered organic audio to build actual tension and emotion.
The Toolkit
Main Assets: Envato Elements (Video Templates, Music, Sound Effects, Stock Footage)
Secondary Tools: CapCut / Canva
At the end of the day, AI might build the frame, but only a human creator can build the emotion. 🎬⚡
Watch the video to see the full behind-the-scenes workflow and the final result!
very cool, nice work
For the #Base44GiveItAGlowChallenge, I gave BRKFST & CO.’s original website a complete glow-up using Base44.
The previous Wix site introduced the café, its menu, story, location, and contact details, but it mainly worked as an informational website.
For the new version, I kept BRKFST & CO.’s warm and welcoming personality while transforming the site into a more modern, responsive, and interactive café experience.
What gave it a glow-up?
I redesigned the website using a warm cream, coffee-brown, and golden-yellow visual style, with cleaner layouts, responsive pages, subtle animations, improved menu categories, customer reviews, and a dedicated Visit Us page.
I also added an animated featured-food carousel. Customers can click the food currently displayed and be taken directly to that exact product on the Menu page, where they can choose available options and add it to their cart.
Automations and features I added:
🛒 Dynamic Cart and Checkout
Items added from the Menu automatically appear on the Orders page, where customers can adjust quantities and choose between pickup or delivery.
📦 Automated Order Management
After checkout, the order is automatically saved and displayed in a private Admin Dashboard, where the café team can review order details and update order and payment statuses.
📧 Automatic New-Order Notification
The café admin automatically receives an email notification whenever a new order is successfully submitted.
🤖 Ask BRKFST AI Superagent
I implemented an AI assistant that can help customers with menu questions, store hours, location, ordering, GrabFood, and table reservations.
💳 Flexible Ordering Options
Customers can choose cash or online payment and view a clear breakdown of their order total and delivery fee.
The automated workflow helps reduce the need to manually collect order details from separate messages. Orders are organized in one dashboard, while the café admin is immediately notified whenever a new order is placed.
I also reached out to the café team to verify important business information, including their updated opening hours and reservation availability, so the final app provides more accurate information to customers.
The biggest change is that the website is no longer only a place to view the café. Customers can now explore the menu, interact with featured products, place orders, ask questions, request reservations, and connect with the café all in one experience.
Before — Original Website:
https://brkfstandco.wixsite.com/brkfstandco
After — Built with Base44:
https://brkfstco.base44.app
#Base44GiveItAGlowChallenge #Base44
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