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When the birds steal the brief

A large field of possible birds, a shoe somewhere in the frame, and the productive danger of making the supporting image too compelling.

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A large field of possible birds, a shoe somewhere in the frame, and the productive danger of making the supporting image too compelling.

Using Photoshop, AI and stock images, I presented a large selection of birds for director Jonas Lindstroem's 'Bird's Eye'. The bird options were so compelling they may have distracted from the shoe itself. Tools used: Midjourney (60%), Stable Diffusion (20%), Photoshop (20%).

Editorial direction

What happens when visual development creates more interesting answers than the original question expected.

  • Exploration versus decision-making
  • The productive excess of a broad first pass
  • Knowing when an image is overpowering the product

This is prototype scaffolding for the longer culture commentary.

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