Bringing My Imagination to Life with AI Art & Animation
I’ve always been a vivid dreamer — awake or asleep. Songs, memories, and fleeting thoughts often turn into mind movies in my head. Now, thanks to AI-assisted creativity, I’m finally finding a way to share those visions with others.
For years, I worked with Adobe tools to craft graphics and videos. But now? AI tools like Scenario and Runway are supercharging my creativity. I put together a short video as a proof of workflow and to explore the possibilities of this new medium.
(This isn’t groundbreaking — many artists are already experimenting with this workflow — but it’s new to me, and I wanted to share!)
My AI Art-to-Animation Workflow
- Start with an idea. Just create — even if it feels odd, funny, or like you’re the only one who will “get it.”
- Decide what to share. Pick the vision that excites you most.
- Create a source image. This can be hand-drawn, AI-generated, or digitally painted.
- Use text and visuals to generate a video segment. AI video tools allow you to animate static images with motion cues.
- Refine with keyframes. The final result won’t be perfect — it likely won’t even match the original vision — but that’s the beauty of discovery.
Creating Keyframes & AI-Generated Art
I can sketch concepts pretty decently, but I don’t always have the time (or patience) to finish them in the way I envision. Back in the day, I loved remixing and enhancing images in Photoshop.
Here’s where the real game-changer comes in: Scenario.
Scenario is incredible for character consistency and AI-assisted concept art. The biggest challenge? Landing on the right image from a prompt. Every AI-generated image still requires Photoshop cleanup (extra limbs, weird artifacts, the usual).
But for quick sketching and ideation, it’s a massive productivity boost.
(Maybe I’ll make a tutorial someday… if I ever feel like I truly know what I’m doing beyond typing prompts and rolling the dice.)
From AI Art to Video: Bringing It to Life
Then came Runway. I jumped in with Runway and immediately got hooked.
Why Runway?
- Selectable regions for animating specific parts of an image
- Keyframe-based generation (first and last frame motion planning)
- Lip-syncing for characters
The results? Wild. Unpredictable. Absolutely fascinating. Some early tests were hilarious (just look at these early mishaps):
The Teaser Video: A Story is Taking Shape
At first, I thought this was just an experiment. But now that I’ve seen it in motion? It’s so much more.
There’s a story unfolding here — one I didn’t expect. And I’m excited to bring it fully to life, complete with music and visuals that capture the full vision.
AI Art + Animation = A New Era of Creativity
This is just the beginning. The idea that I can dream something up, sketch it with AI, refine it, and then animate it — all in a single digital workflow — is mind-blowing.
Have you experimented with AI-assisted art or animation? Let’s discuss.
