I’ve been exploring how AI

I’ve been exploring how AI can support character-driven storytelling — not just generate visuals.

For this animated project, I developed a story around three Chinese domestic cats, combining character design, cinematic visual direction, animation, editing, original music, and multilingual subtitles into one creative workflow.

The biggest challenge was consistency: keeping each character recognizable while maintaining the same visual world, personality, and storytelling rhythm across scenes.

AI accelerated parts of the production process, but the storytelling decisions — pacing, humor, shot selection, music, and emotional beats — still needed deliberate creative direction.

I’m continuing to refine this workflow for short films, branded storytelling, and social content.

Curious how other creatives are balancing AI generation with human creative direction.