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Series Title: NIX & STITCHTOWN: A Little Courage Short description of series + pilot: I created this 1-minute animated pilot as a comedic micro-series set in Stitchtown, a tiny village sewn inside an abandoned patchwork quilt. The story follows Nix, a small gnome tailor with golden thread instead of fingers. When a frightened mouse asks Nix to sew courage into his vest, the result is much bigger than expected: the mouse transforms into a giant, lion-sized mouse and finally stands up to the neighborhood cat. He scares the cat away, but accidentally destroys part of Stitchtown with his giant tail. Nix simply watches the chaos with a completely deadpan expression. At the end, the camera pulls back to reveal a mysterious ghostly face through a torn hole in the quilt, opening the door to a much bigger story. Where I'd take the series next: I would explore Nix's mysterious ability to sew emotions and qualities into clothing. Each episode could feature a new character asking Nix to sew something they need — courage, confidence, luck, strength, invisibility and more. I would reveal what is behind the mysterious hole in the quilt and what exists outside Stitchtown. I would also explore Nix's past and why Stitchtown exists inside the quilt. What I focused on: I wanted to introduce a memorable character, a unique world, a recurring story format, comedy, conflict and a mystery within a very short pilot. Problems Faced: The biggest challenge was keeping the characters, animation and visual style consistent across different shots. I had to regenerate several scenes to improve the expressions, movement and comedic timing. Fitting the entire story into one minute was another challenge, so I kept the structure simple: setup → transformation → confrontation → chaos → mystery. Learning: I learned that creating an AI animation is not only about writing a good prompt. A lot of the process comes from experimenting, regenerating clips and finding the shots that work best together. My goal was to create a funny standalone pilot while also introducing a world that could continue into a larger animated series.
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Van Gogh in 2026 What if Vincent van Gogh could step out of his paintings and find himself in the world of 2026? The café remains, but the world around it has changed. The people, objects and small details of everyday life become a reflection of contemporary culture. Technology, modern habits and humour enter the scene, while the characteristic atmosphere and visual language of Van Gogh’s painting remain at its core. The playful anthropomorphic characters sitting around the café are part of this idea. They behave like ordinary people: drinking coffee, wearing hats and moustaches, sitting together and becoming part of the social life of the terrace. The “Semen’s” sign adds another contemporary layer to the scene, introducing a fictional modern business into a setting that originally belonged to nineteenth-century Arles. What interested me most was the contrast between Van Gogh’s way of seeing the world and the way we experience it today. In 1888, cafés were places to meet, observe, talk and spend time together. In 2026, we still gather in cafés, but our surroundings, behaviours and references have completely changed. The technology may have changed. The humour has changed. The culture has changed. But the human desire to gather, observe and experience everyday life remains. The result is a playful reinterpretation of a historical masterpiece, not an attempt to reproduce Van Gogh, but to imagine what could happen if his world suddenly collided with ours. A night that began in 1888, imagined again in 2026. Explore the full FLORA project here: https://app.flora.ai/join-project/3dea1992-09c9-4daf-b89d-fd98b83b4b77 Original work: Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night (Place du Forum), 1888. Original artwork: https://www.krollermuller.nl/en/collection/vincent-van-gogh-terrace-of-a-caf-at-night-place-du-forum-km-108-565 Created with @FLORA for the FLORA Museum Challenge.
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