The origin of
The alias "linvanoak" is a combination of the abbreviated family name and the ancestor's hometown in Switzerland.
The YouTube channel linvanoak was created on August 14th 2006.
linvanoak uses available technology to transform imagined scenes into viewable images.
Over the years I had the opportunity to try out different roles in the creative process.
Each of them added new skills:
- Journalism - research, script writing
- Video Production - camera, editing, sound design
- Photography - lighting, layer compositing
- 3D Graphics - node based editing, keyframe animation
- Generative AI - workflows, dynamic prompts wildcards
Being a generalist has the advantage to combine workflows from different fields to create a final result in creative ways.
Nevertheless, it felt necessary to pivot towards areas that are of special interest to me:
Digital Content Creation
with
Computer-Generated Imagery
The current focus is on generating AI images and short motion graphic clips.
- Generative AI ComfyUI and online services are used to generate AI images.
- Licensed 3D models are used to create 3D scenes in a timely manner.
- Adobe Photoshop is used for image editing and compositing.
- Blender is used to animate motion graphics and to create custom 3D models when needed.
- Nvidia RTX GPU are used to speed up the workflow.
Artificial Intelligence tools and 3D software are combined to achive a reasonable balance between time, quality and creative control.
