FROM
Still to
Motion
A documented AI workflow. From a flat illustration to a living, breathing landing page.
01— The Purpose
Showing AI as a serious
creative tool, not a novelty.
Every prompt, every decision, every iteration documented.
Metrics + Tools
$20
Total
Cost
11K
Total
Credits
12H
Total
Time
43
Prompts
Written
46
Assets Generated
This is what it cost to take a flat illustration into three dimensions using AI.
02— The Direction
A flat illustration tells. A 3D motion piece makes you feel.
The decision was to take the existing SonderMind illustration further, turning a static graphic into a surrealist 3D motion piece that gives the page atmosphere and emotion.
03— Mood board
Six reference images, each answering one specific question.
Head material
Frosted, iridescent, semi-transparent
Head angle
Three-quarter, slight downward gaze
Inner spiral
Thought looping endlessly inward.
Interior cut
Clean horizontal slice, open top
Cloud reference
Soft pink, lavender, warm highlights
Rain reference
Thin glassy streaks, slow and vertical
03— Workflow
The process, step by step
01
Magnific assistant node
Fed each mood board image into Magnific. Extracted only the quality I needed.
01
02
Master prompt
Combined all descriptions into one brief for the head generation.
02
03
Generating the head
Multiple iterations refined through targeted prompts.
03
03
The Head — Final
Generated and refined entirely in Magnific. Final touches in Photoshop. Water surface level, minor surface corrections.
04
04
The Head — Final
Generated and refined entirely in Magnific. Final touches in Photoshop. Water surface level, minor surface corrections.
05
Building the cloud
Same process. One consolidated prompt for the final generation.
05
05
The Cloud — Final
Generated in Magnific. Used Photoshop's AI tools to adjust the cloud angle and composition to match the exact position needed for the final scene.
06
06
The Cloud — Final
Generated in Magnific. Used Photoshop's AI tools to adjust the cloud angle and composition to match the exact position needed for the final scene.
05
Compositing
Same process. One consolidated prompt for the final generation.
07
Compositing
Merged head and cloud. Adjusted scale and lighting.
07
08
Adding motion
Prompted for cloud breathing, lightning, rain, and water ripple as a seamless loop.
08
04— The Result
The final illustration was placed on the SonderMind landing page as a looped animation. Autoplay, no controls, living as part of the page.
Before
After
