Stelfie the Time Traveller

I started in video games, spent 12 years in Hollywood, then walked away in 2020— still in my late 30s and considered one of the best digital matte painters and concept artists in the industry. Worked on The Hunger Games, The Mandalorian, Westworld, Game of Thrones, Hugo, The Amazing Spider-Man, and 5 Fast & Furious films, etc. Over 30 credits to my name. Now I watch my friends panic about AI taking their jobs. But I’ve seen this before. Old-school matte painters hated us when we moved from glass to digital. We were “ruining the craft.” Now my generation is doing the same thing with AI instead of embracing it. Here’s the truth: AI won’t make Hollywood bigger. It’ll make it better. For the first time, creative people don’t need permission, budgets, or gatekeepers to bring ideas to life. Small teams. Less suits. More originality. This feels like when I first opened Photoshop—with one layer. We’re early. And in the end, more people will create than ever before. The process changed but the results will be better imo. For example, I spent 3 months on this matte painting. Now with ai, it can be done in 2 weeks. 👇🏽

Introducing the Multi-Shot App. An easy way to go from a simple prompt to a thoughtfully crafted scene. All with dialogue, sound effects, intentional cuts, pacing and cinematic framing. Start from an image or go purely Text to Video for total creative exploration. Available now on the web app. See examples in the thread below.

Good news is: I'm "working" (for free) with Seedance 2.0 to fix the moderation problem and stop the nerfed experience. I'm doing this for the glory of Generative AI. If you have feedback that can help Bytedance improve their models, leave a comment.