Toxic Optimist // Building the Operating System for character-driven IP @AdultFantasyHQ // Alum: @Marvel, @Cartoonnetwork, @JeffKoons
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Somewhere inside this pile of ugly drawings, crossed-out ideas and scenes that may not survive is a finished graphic novel.
I just haven't uncovered all of it yet :)
Another batch of raw script pages from Comic Book: A Graphic Novel is up.
WEDNESDAY DROP #006: patreon.com/adultfantasyhq/p…
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We’re making this graphic novel backwards.
Instead of showing you the finished book and revealing the sketches years later, I’m sharing the raw script pages while I’m still figuring out the story.
Some will survive. Some will get murdered.
I don’t know which yet either :P
WEDNESDAY DROP #004
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Wahnish.eth retweeted
All Wave 2 collab messages have been sent. If you didn’t receive a message we have more going out later this week for @wearejpegfrens.
Next wave of collabs for @wearejpegfrens going out today. I think there's some exciting info coming later today from @Richi0118
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🚪 IT'S WEDNESDAY...THE STUDIO DOOR IS OPEN!
WEDNESDAY DROP #003
patreon.com/adultfantasyhq/p…
More raw script pages from Comic Book: A Graphic Novel.
Not finished pages.
Not rough pencils.
The actual script.
SCRIPT → ROUGHS → FINISHED
We're still way over on the left ;p
Watch the book become itself:
patreon.com/adultfantasyhq/p…
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Let's GOOOOOOOOO!
Over the last few years I have had so many conversations with investors, companies, and projects alike that have had something to say about developling meaninful intellectual property.
I have heard things like :
"Don't do it because it doesn't scale"
"No body cares about I.P"
"Investors aren't looking for unproven I.P"
"Don't start a comic book publishing company"
Well... are doing it anyways and being the cheeky individual that I am that will stick it though I produced this music video for the #DreaminaAIMV contest. @dreamina_ai .
We have been diligently working on an absolutely amazing experience for this space in gaming, comic books, and heartfelt I.P.
This is just an example for fans that want to build with their @RealmStriders character when we launch. Holders will have access to all of our workflows, prompts, character lore bible, and even be able to play campaigns in a DnD like TTRPG.
I hope you enjoy and I look forward to dedicating the next 10+ years to making this I.P something meaningful that fans can really connect with.
Do you care about I.P?
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I don't write comic book scripts.
I draw them.
Very, very badly. On purpose (No...really!)
No perspective. No final character designs. No beautiful panels. I'm just trying to get the movie out of my head and onto paper as fast as possible.
Then I ink them so they'll survive, throw away what doesn't work, move things around, and eventually turn the surviving mess into actual comic pages.
I'm sharing another batch of these raw script pages from Comic Book: A Graphic Novel today.
Basically: you're watching the Adult Fantasy graphic novel get written in public.
patreon.com/adultfantasyhq/p…
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Built a cinematography lighting tool directly into my animation pipeline.
Pick a direction. Soft or hard light. Drag the puck. $0.08 a render.
This is ImageLab — part of FlowZilla, the AI production pipeline I'm building while making @AdultFantasyHQ.
The whole Zilla ecosystem is coming together. More at adultfantasy.io
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Wahnish.eth retweeted
You were promised a seat at the table.
They built the table with your money.
Then sat down without you.
What comes next was built before it asked anything of you.
Seven will be chosen to hold the keys to it.
Are you one of them?
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Because of COURSE they are. It's like Jamie Dimon railing against crypto and Bitcoin while all the while scooping it up for his UHNW clients.
The balls on this guy.. This is the second director we’ve seen be a straight liar shouting hate against AI to then find out they are all about it.. the anger and resentment is being used as a fake marketing tool.
We need to shame these people, this is totally unacceptable.
I’ve now lost all respect for Guillermo. You can trust literally no one. 🤦♂️
Via (instagram.com/p/DWSQb-xivAH/…)
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Wahnish.eth retweeted
Say Goodbye to Sorrow...
...because a new episode of The Wut Files drops tomorrow!
In celebration, here's a jingle from the episode featuring our favorite pharmaceutical company from Hyper-Brooklyn. patreon.com/posts/152870604
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Wahnish.eth retweeted
Got around to going through some marketing emails from people I follow and love their stuff but don't always have the time to engage as much as I'd like.
Here are sore lessons from one of @wahnish's emails:
"1. Infrastructure beats brute force
Working harder doesn’t scale. Building tools that make the work easier does.
2. The 3-5 year window is real
Right now, you can build sophisticated software with AI assistance that would have required a full engineering team 2 years ago. This window won’t last forever. Use it.
3. Strategic delays compound into speed
Missing a deadline to build infrastructure feels bad in the moment. But if that infrastructure 10x’s your output for the next year, it’s the right trade. (couldn't agree more)
4. Focus is the ultimate competitive advantage.
The hardest part isn’t building the tools. It’s not getting distracted by every shiny new AI project that drops.
5. Build for yourself first.
We've done this alot at @BlueBoxGC in prep to launching @RealmStriders this year and @wahnish has built this create tool gridzilla.xyz/ for assisting in AI story boarding and film making that will save you time and money in your creative endevors.
If you like these let me know! I think I'll start highlighting some of my favorite builders and talent in this fashion.
To learn more and get his emails yourself go check out what Todd is building over at adultfantasy.io/.
You'll learn a thing or two about using AI for creating episodic series.
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True or false: X rewards attention merchants, controversy farmers, and existing celebrities and is incompatible with systems builders, long-arc creators, and operators with proof.
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Wahnish.eth retweeted
Creators should LOVE Ai. AI doesn’t make uncreative people creative. It allows creators to become exponentially more creative.
Creative iteration that used to take hours , days or weeks, can happen in minutes.
The different routes you wanted to take but didn’t have the money or skill to do. Now you can do.
The number of gatekeepers drops every day and will eventually hit zero.
If you know how to tell a great story, you will LOVE AI.
99 % of content fails. With AI the cost and time it takes to experience and learn from those failures drop like a rock.
The people who should HATE AI are those that try to control distribution and the creative process because they are the ones that control platforms and tools.
It’s all going to change. Only this time it won’t take decades like it did with streaming.
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Seeing SHOTS and DORLABS blow up this week proves AI filmmakers need production tools.
Here's where Gridzilla fits:
HIGGSFIELD SHOTS → Extract grid (paid)
DORLABS → Extract grid (paid)
Gridzilla → Extract grid (free)
Free alternative for post-processing:
gridzilla.xyz
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3×3 grids = 9 shots per render with consistent characters. Perfect for storyboarding.
The pain? Manually cropping each frame.
Built Gridzilla to fix that. Instant splits, free.
gridzilla.xyz
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