The creative spark often appears when artists let themselves experiment, follow their instincts, and bring personal stories to the screen. What happens when the tool becomes a companion and not a substitute?
1. Open yourself to surprises when you start
Some of the most interesting works were born from pure experimentation. Artist Julie Wieland used Flow as 'an endless playground', letting curiosity set the direction of the story. Her project 'Until We Meet Again' is the cyclical tale of a stone golem watching the fleeting life of a dandelion across the seasons.
Julie didn't chase a perfect final frame: she lowered the frame rate with an app built in AI Studio to get a handmade stop-motion feel and prepared a soundtrack that ties the whole piece together. The lesson? Starting without a rigid plan can open directions you didn't imagine.
2. Don't be afraid to make it personal
Technology lowers barriers to tell what truly matters. Calvin Herbst mixed photography with 16mm footage from his childhood to train a visual style in another tool and turn the memory of his dog into a visual elegy. His film 'A Small Gap in Time' shows how AI can help express feelings that were hard to translate into image before.
