Luqman Marchal
Crafting immersive worlds through sound & visuals / Motion
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Limen is my first single. This is the workflow video for its music video.
The entire visual world was generated inside Envato — portraits, organic textures, water. I worked in a single locked palette pulled from the cover art, and generated dozens of variations of every element until the material felt right rather than merely impressive.
My Human by Design moment: the film turns on one image — a root that snaps. AI produced dozens of versions of that break. Every one of them was technically clean. But the break isn't a visual effect, it's the meaning of the piece: the thing that holds you up is the same thing that holds you down, and cutting it costs something. So the decision was never which render looks best — it was at which exact second does it break. I placed it at 2:57, on the one bar where the drums drop out entirely. AI had no way to know that bar mattered.
Workflow: I separated the track into stems and built an expression-driven control rig in After Effects, so every visual parameter is read from the music itself — no keyframes on the reactive layers. Cut points are locked to the measured beat grid (130.085 BPM), and the colour grade follows the stem energy: cold and desaturated at the breakdown, warm and contrasted at the peaks.
Envato became my toolkit. The judgment stayed human.
🎧 Limen — out now.
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TEMPORAL OVERRIDE
Directing the digital ghost.
A man trapped in a loop, fighting to command a system stuck in time. I sculpted the raw generative assets to hit a specific, hypnotic frequency—where AI power meets human intent.
Techno pulse. Industrial aesthetics.
Synthesized. Refined. Locked.
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DESIGN IN SITU — Identity in Motion
A logo animation study for a creative studio’s showreel. I transformed the static brand elements into a fluid, grid-based sequence that reflects the agency’s versatile creative spectrum.
Scope: Motion Graphics & Technical Execution
Style: Fluid Physics / Dynamic Grids
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ONTRAVA — App Store Motion Identity
Motion design and visual storytelling for a next-generation business and lifestyle platform.
I designed this showcase specifically for App Store and Google Play previews, focusing on high-end transitions and a premium aesthetic that aligns with Ontrava’s tech-driven identity.
Role: Motion Designer / Art Direction
Focus: App Store Marketing & UI Animation
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USTURLAB — Intro Animation
Project: Logo reveal and opening animation for astronomy lessons.
Scope: Motion design and visual transitions.
Goal: Creating a memorable and engaging entry point for an educational series.
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Symphonie de motifs fractals
Digital consciousness meets French lyrical storytelling. I directed the generative process to sculpt these cybernetic textures, syncing every motion to the haunting frequency of the soundscape. A study in finding harmony between mathematical patterns and human emotion.
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3GOATS — Service Motion Identity
Project: Service highlight for a digital marketing agency.
Scope: Art direction + Motion design.
Elements: Social Ads, SEA, and Development.
Objective: Translating brand guidelines into a dynamic visual sequence.
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Rising With Blockchain
#NFT
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