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Circlo Gets You Out — Envato "Human by Design" Challenge
For Envato's Human by Design challenge, I made a promo film for
Circle — a safety-first event discovery app I designed for young
professionals in Indian Tier-1 cities.
THE FILM
Circlo, Circle's mascot, is done watching you scroll. He drags
you off the couch, down a glowing purple street, and into a
rooftop full of real people. No dialogue. No UI walkthrough.
Just a character making his case.
THE TOOLKIT
Every shot ran through Envato's AI stack: VideoGen for every
Circlo scene (image-to-video, character-referenced throughout),
MusicGen for the score, SoundGen for footsteps and ambience,
GraphicsGen for the closing card, and Devices Mockup for the
in-app screens.
THE HUMAN BY DESIGN MOMENT
Twice, I asked AI to touch my actual product screens — once
through a mockup tool, once through video generation. Both times
it quietly rewrote the text. "Safe Tribe" became "Sefo Tribe."
A clean screen came back with duplicated, ghosted copy layered
over itself.
Neither time did I try to prompt my way out of it. I pulled my
real screens back out, composited them by hand, frame by frame,
and kept AI exactly where it belongs in this project: building
the world around the product, never rewriting the product itself.
That's the line the whole film is built on. AI made the street,
the light, the sound. I made the app. I made the character's
face match itself in every single shot — checking ears, eyes,
and color against the original reference every time the model
drifted.
Built in 2 day for Envato's Human by Design challenge.
Every great film begins with direction, not a camera.
Before the lighting is placed, before the lens is chosen, before the first frame is captured, there's a vision that defines every movement, every composition, and every emotion.
Today, that creative vision is evolving. By combining cinematic direction with the possibilities of AI, we're able to visualize campaigns, shape brand identities, pre-direct photography, and build entire visual worlds before production even begins.
This isn't about replacing creativity.
It's about giving creative direction a new dimension.
When Film Direction Meets AI.
pure use of cinema and ai
Creating realistic AI portraits isn't just about writing a prompt—it's about finding a model that consistently delivers natural results.
For this project, I used Recraft V4.1 to generate a series of realistic female portraits. My goal was to achieve clean skin textures, natural facial proportions, soft lighting, and a consistent style across multiple images.
What worked well:
Realistic facial features without an overly artificial look.
High-quality skin details and natural lighting.
Consistent results across different generations.
Strong foundation for branding, advertising, social media, and creative projects.
As someone who enjoys exploring AI creative tools, I like comparing models to understand where each one performs best. Recraft V4.1 impressed me with its ability to create polished, photorealistic portraits while keeping the overall aesthetic consistent.
I'm always experimenting with new workflows and AI models to create visuals that look less like AI and more like professional photography.
Tool used: Recraft V4.1
The skin texture and catchlights in the eyes are what usually give away AI portraits, and these actually hold up. How many generations did it typically take with Recraft V4.1 before you got a face that read as fully natural?
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