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Currently working on my submission for the Envato Challenge! 🎬
Exploring cinematic visuals, AI-powered creativity, and storytelling to create a unique project. Excited to share the final result soon! ✨
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I’ve updated the Creative Process Breakdown for this challenge, hope you enjoy it✨
Great prsentation and animations, wish you the best in challenge !
The product is almost ready…
but the real story lives in the process.
Almost done building the product side for my entry in this @Envato challenge. Now comes the part that matters most... documenting the human side of creating it.
Can’t wait to share the full journey with all of you.
Human by Design — Final Update
A final update on my Envato Challenge submission: a new video for my Tea Pâtisserie & Flower House brand, and the two "Human by Design" moments behind it.
Texture & warmth: (AI-generated face on the left, my edit on the right) The AI output was clean — too clean. Too smooth, too "perfect," missing the warmth I wanted for a romantic, handcrafted brand. So I stepped in: warmer lighting, added texture and grain, turning a polished AI output into something tactile and human-made.
The eyes don't lie: (two robotic AI takes vs. the final expression) For this new video, character consistency was flawless — but the gaze wasn't. Every take had that flat, robotic stare no amount of polish can fix. I kept rewriting the prompt, take after take, trying to guide the AI toward an expression that felt alive rather than rendered — until I got one where the gaze finally felt real.
AI can nail the character. It takes a human eye to know when it's not looking back.
Want to see the full project? Head to my profile — you'll find the complete brand identity video (logo, full brand explanation) and the behind-the-scenes video too.
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