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Jay G.

AI Video Director for Brand Films, Ads & Social Content

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The Curious Case of Humans As Observed by Those Who Know Better What if animals observed humans and tried to make sense of our peculiar modern habits? I found the visual inspiration in Walter Crane's illustrations for The Baby's Own Aesop (1887), preserved in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives digital collection. Using archival illustrations from that book, I developed a custom Recraft Style and created eight original contemporary fables, each told through an animal's bewildered perspective. The illustrations borrow the historical book's engraved linework, decorative borders and restrained colour palette while introducing modern habits, objects and environments. I brought the finished plates to life with subtle AI-assisted animation and presented them as a page-turning illustrated book. Created for the Recraft × Contra Archive Style Challenge Public Recraft project https://www.recraft.ai/project/3c63880f-3dad-4194-8b5c-b499b9902391 Custom Recraft Style: Crane 1887 — The Curious Case of Humans https://www.recraft.ai/styles/c49bfd7e-b22d-4dc4-876f-9bbe74dec8c8 Published archival comparison post https://www.instagram.com/p/DfKtmvZgTCr/ Supporting animated book Reel https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfKt6uGBYBE/ Archival source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, CC0 edition https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/babyquotsownaes00cran Historical visual inspiration: Walter Crane, The Baby’s Own Aesop (1887) Historical colour engraving/printing: Edmund Evans #recraftstyleschallenge #Recraft #AIArt #Illustration #Animation #MotionDesign #EditorialDesign #ArtDirection #VisualDesign #Typography #GraphicDesign #VisualStorytelling #BookCoverDesign #iexperimentwithai AI-assisted artwork and animation · Independent competition entry
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ROLE REVERSAL I spend a ridiculous amount of time sitting in my chair, making AI characters do the most absurd things. Run faster. Fly higher. Do something completely impossible. So I wondered: what if one of those characters took my seat, got hold of my keyboard and started prompting ME instead? Two versions of me. One very questionable travel plan. In the film, I want to get from Bangkok to CapCut World LA, but the flights are too expensive. My AI avatar offers me his chair and gives it a push. Bad decision. While I'm trying to survive the journey, he's comfortably sitting at my desk, making it more ridiculous with every prompt. That's Role Reversal. The AI character gets to be the creator, and the creator has to live through the prompt. I wanted to take something we do every day as AI filmmakers and turn it back on ourselves. Getting the film made had its own twists. Early generations improvised dialogue, missed actions and lost chair continuity. CapCut also displayed shortened or reworked versions of our submitted prompts. We simplified the generation units, improved references and built the final film around the performances that worked, with editing and sound carrying the rest. All six AI video takes were generated in CapCut Video Studio using Seedance 2.5, including dialogue and foley. ChatGPT/OpenAI Images supported the references; ChatGPT helped develop the story. Codex, HyperFrames and Python/FFmpeg supported production, animated cards, motion graphics, editing and mastering. The score uses my original Gemini music, arranged from an earlier film, with added ElevenLabs applause. The closing spheres adapt CapCut World's website animation, personalized for this concept. If your AI avatar took over your keyboard, what would it make you do? AI-generated short film and fictional events. Independent, unofficial creator concept by Jay G.
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