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A cinematic black & white editorial series I created — raw, moody, and unapologetically me. Each frame tells a different chapter of the same story.
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Overthinking AI VFX
One of my favorite artists once said that the most dangerous drug he ever tried was his own imagination—his thoughts.
Your thoughts and ideas can become an introspective, creative, and honest adventure. By exploring the vivid scenarios that spark in your mind, you begin a journey of discovering who you truly are.
Nonetheless, we all know how powerful the mind is. If we don't learn how to control it, we can slowly descend into Hades—a place so dark that your inner thoughts become distorted by your fears, often leading to stress, anxiety, and depression.
To guard your soul, your mind, and your heart is one of the most important missions you have. Without a healthy mind and body, you're barely able to truly live.
In this creative world, where we're constantly consuming reels, films, concerts, essays, reviews, and endless content, we often end up trapped in a state of hyperconnectivity. What once inspired us can quietly turn into comparison, making us feel like we're not good enough, not ready to start, or that it's already too late to begin.
I've felt that—that weight on your back, in your chest, in your head...
In those moments, I disconnect from everything so I can reconnect with myself and with God. Sometimes it's just a simple prayer. Sometimes it's five minutes of breathing with my eyes closed. I was lost, and in that solitude, through honesty, I found that creative spark once again.
It may not be perfect, but it came from the heart.
I have to get better. I want to be better. But every step matters. It's a process. It's a journey.
Guard your mind. Guard your heart. Guard your soul.
Psalms 91
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The fire-head transformation reads so clean against the green screen original, barely any telltale AI wobble. Was Kling handling the fire simulation itself or did you composite that layer separately in ComfyUI?
How do you brand a ritual instead of a product?
Trenti is a premium concept store in Buenos Aires. Fire pits, artisan cutlery, curated gifts. Not a restaurant, not a BBQ brand. A store built around one idea: Fuego & Materia. Fire and matter.
So the identity is literal about it. Embers on raw concrete, a restrained serif, a palette pulled from the materials themselves (paper, iron, wood, charcoal) instead of the saturated orange every fire brand defaults to.
The exploration ran across Nano Banana, ChatGPT and Claude for prompt-building. Three engines to generate directions fast. But the final moodboard was curated and composed by hand.
AI made generating moodboard directions free. So where does our value actually live now? Do you let clients see your raw explorations? 👇
This is massive
Partnered with Envato and Contra on this one. Envato is running a $50k creative challenge called Human By Design, and I made a short video breaking down what it is and why it's worth entering.
The brief: use Envato's stock assets and AI tools to build a creative project, then show the human decisions that shaped it. Not just the final render, the judgment calls along the way.
You get a free month of Envato Plus just for entering. If you've been looking for a reason to ship something and potentially get paid for it, this is a good one.
#EnvatoChallenge #HumanByDesign #AIVideo #MotionDesign #Envato #Contra
Let's go! 🌟
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