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Gallery

Generative, AI-assisted, and hybrid pieces. Every one has a method — watch, then read how.

Chromatic Bloom — violet and magenta light blooming through black with fine particle filaments.
Generative · SDXL

Chromatic Bloom

A pure generative study. I chased one prompt across dozens of seeds, keeping only the frames where the bloom stayed centred and the amber embers read.

SDXL · ComfyUI
Signal Static — a field of noise on the left resolving into ordered luminous structure on the right.
Generative · FLUX

Signal Static

The render loop made visible: noise on one side, structure on the other. A latent-interpolation experiment.

FLUX.1 · ComfyUI
Liquid Fold — molten ribbons and crystalline planes catching magenta, violet and gold light on black.
Generative · SDXL

Liquid Fold

Molten geometry folding through space. High CFG, low steps, then an upscale pass to hold the crystalline edges.

SDXL · Ultimate SD Upscale
Neon Atrium — a brutalist concrete atrium lit by violet volumetric beams with a lone figure for scale.
AI-assisted · FLUX + ControlNet

Neon Atrium

Blocked the space with a depth ControlNet pass so the columns stayed parallel, generated the light, then cleaned the figure and beams by hand.

FLUX.1 · ControlNet (depth) · Photoshop
Courier — a friendly stylized courier robot with a glowing cyan visor on a dark violet backdrop.
AI-assisted · SDXL + IP-Adapter

Courier

A mascot designed once and held on-model across poses with an IP-Adapter reference. This is the three-quarter hero pose.

SDXL · IP-Adapter
Aura Bottle — a frosted glass drink bottle with condensation under a studio key light and violet rim light.
AI-assisted · product mockup

Aura Bottle

A product shot staged entirely in-model — glass, condensation, and a soft violet rim — as a mockup before anything is photographed.

FLUX.1 · img2img
Ink & Circuit — bold hand-inked brush linework over a glowing generative underpainting of violet circuitry.
Hybrid · ink + generative

Ink & Circuit

Hand-inked linework scanned and composited over a generated underpainting. The machine made the glow; the brush made the bones.

Ink on paper · SDXL · Photoshop
Portrait Study 04 — a painterly digital oil portrait with visible brushstrokes and chiaroscuro lighting.
Hybrid · generated base, hand-painted

Portrait Study 04

Generated base, then repainted by hand where it matters — the eyes and the light. AI gets you to the ugly first draft faster.

SDXL · Procreate
Cartography — an invented map with topographic contours in glowing violet and gold ink on dark parchment.
Hybrid · generative + texture

Cartography

An invented coastline from a diffusion base, then real paper texture and hand-drawn contour ink to sell the object.

FLUX.1 · Procreate

Each piece traces back to a method — see the process breakdowns and the full method in the book.