This is where I (Cheryl) test what AI can do in creative hands. Rigorously, honestly, and very much in public.
What I've been testing lately, including case studies and process notes.
Building tension, character and atmosphere through AI-generated dialogue and cinematic pacing. A three-part short film experiment.
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Treating AI video as a directorial process. Shot composition, dynamic camera movement and rapid action cuts.
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Testing whether a consistent character identity can survive multiple art styles, environments and motion systems.
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Establishing cohesive world environments and testing how interconnected locations hold together across generated scenes.
In progressThese are the character elements I use the most in my AI work/experiments. Think of them as my standing cast.
Process notes, half-baked ideas, and things I'm figuring out in public.
Describing a scene gets you a scene. Describing a feeling gets you something alive. It took me a while to figure that out.
What I thought I would use versus what I actually reach for. And why every tool in my stack has its own personality.
Senior creative director. Fifteen years building brand systems at scale across Prime Video, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Crunchyroll and more, across ten markets.
FlashAfro.com is my R&D lab. A place to experiment openly, document what I'm learning, and make things because I'm curious about what's possible.
Some people might be asking where the 'FlashAfro' name came from. Well... it started with Flash cartoons. FlashAfro was my online pen name back in the day. Back when I use to make little flash cartoons (RIP Flash 😭) mostly for myself but also for the fun flash animation community that I found myself joining. There were no briefs, no clients, just me playing with some cool tools and seeing what could happen. That's still how I work today. Play is where the good stuff begins. Learning through play has always been the way that I broaden my creative skillset and these AI tools feel exactly like that to me. A new playground for my fully eccentric self.
