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Kotonaru is being developed through a hybrid production pipeline that combines traditional filmmaking principles with generative AI tools.
Every stage is carefully orchestrated to maximize creative exploration while maintaining cinematic quality and artistic consistency.
Our Production Pipeline :
Concept Development - Crafting the core narrative, themes, and creative direction.
Scriptwriting & AI-Assisted Storyboarding - Developing the screenplay and visualizing scenes through AI-enhanced storyboards.
World Building & Visual Development - Designing immersive environments, visual language, and artistic style.
Character Design - Creating expressive characters with distinct personalities and visual identities.
AI-Assisted Image Generation - Producing high-quality concept art and production-ready visuals that establish the film's aesthetic.
Animation & AI Video Generation - Bringing characters and environments to life using a combination of animation techniques and advanced generative video workflows.
Sound Design & Original Music - Building an emotional audio experience through cinematic soundscapes, effects, and music.
Final Edit, Compositing & Color - Refining every sequence through editing, visual compositing, color grading, and finishing to deliver a polished cinematic experience.
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My entry for the Envato × Contra Human by Design challenge.
AI has changed the game and made almost anything possible. But just because you can make anything doesn’t mean you always know what to make.
For this one, I took one simple piece of Envato’s identity, the logo, and pushed it as far as I could with one goal: make a pretty sick ad.
From there, it was a lot of experimenting, prompting, failing, refining, and eventually bringing all those ideas to life using Envato’s AI tools.
The result is my take on Human by Design. AI can give us endless possibilities, but someone still has to come up with the idea and decide where to take it.
100% created using Envato’s AI features.
One year apart. Same challenge. Very different AI.
This year: around +90% AI used in the production.
Last year: around 40% AI used in the production.
Which film works better — and why?
9 voted
60%
6 voted
40%
15 votes
Closed
Going from 40% to 90% AI in a year is a huge jump. What changed most in your actual workflow, is it mostly generation now or still a lot of manual compositing on top?
Human By Design
Every masterpiece begins with a single idea.
From the first architectural sketches of ancient civilizations to the iconic structures of the modern world, humanity has always transformed imagination into reality.
Human By Design explores this journey through the evolution of a simple pencil stroke.
A single line becomes a geometric idea.
The idea becomes a blueprint.
The blueprint becomes architecture.
And architecture becomes the future.
Using AI as a creative tool, I explored how human vision and technology can work together to transform concepts into cinematic experiences. Each chapter represents a different expression of human creativity — knowledge, harmony, beauty, ambition, innovation, and the possibilities of tomorrow.
The final future city represents the next chapter of design: a world where creativity, technology, and humanity continue to evolve together.
Human By Design is a tribute to the imagination that turns simple ideas into extraordinary realities.
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Guoshuai Zhang
This is absolutely stunning. I really love how you turned a single pencil stroke into the evolution of human civilization. The storytelling, pacing, and visual transitions all feel incredibly cinematic. Beautiful work!
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