Animation Director Tests Styles with Image Models Before Hand-Drawn Final

Animator Sean Ward shares an early workflow for his new work THE GRAND OPENING: feeding character references into image models to run five style tests before settling on a hand-drawn approach. He notes AI can quickly reach "good enough," but unique taste and dramatic skill remain the differentiators.

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