One RTX 5090, 10-minute AI animated short: 106 shots, 102/102 passed automated QC
developervkmp · reddit · 2026-10-04
Reddit user developervkmp released The Clockwork Moth, a 10-minute fantasy animated short built end-to-end with AI on a single RTX 5090: 106 shots across 9 scenes, 4 recurring characters in 19 location states, full dialogue, narration, score and subtitles, upscaled to 4K60 — all assets just 2.4 GB.
- He argues the hard part is never the first frame but identity consistency across 106 shots
- Every clip passed an automated QC pass checking bad hands, warped faces, identity drift, duplicated characters and motion artifacts: 102/102 green at final assembly
- Audio was mixed as its own track with frequency separation between dialogue, music and effects
- Tooling stays private for now, but he's discussing the process
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