Riggan’s Bedtime Questions

My sweet 8-year-old son Riggan asks the most wonderfully creative questions before bed. They are also borderline impossible for me to answer. I didn’t want to forget how deeply thoughtful they were so I turned it into my next Ai “test and learn” project.

Made with Google Veo 2 & Veo 3, this felt like a way to bring some humanity and storytelling into my Ai explorations, while also making something with my sons that I’ll cherish forever.  Riggan voiced the questions, while both he and his brother Griffin (11) brought the “firefighters” and “dirt balls” to life. The firehose sound? All Griffin and honestly one of my favorite parts.

Ai Tools: Google Veo 2 & 3
SFX: A mix of my sons Riggan (8) and Griffin (11), Google Veo3 and some others I added separately.
Editing: Capcut
Writing/Dialogue: Riggan & Myself
Music: “Sweet Child O Mine” Viggo Mortensen/Annalise Basso

 
 
 

AI Logo Animation Test

As a self-professed AI enthusiast, I’ve been deep diving into the infinite amount of tools at our fingertips. This one was an experiment in 3d logo morphing, consistency and texture. It took about 4 days, 100 prompts and countless “hallucinations.” I learned learned a lot from this process and wanted to share those learnings.

  • Consistency is hard: Especially with AI generated logos. Since AI scrapes from the internet rather than reproducing inputs exactly, you often get “close enough,” not exact matches.

  • Prompting is an art form: Even with the perfect prompt…sometimes it still gives you utter chaos. “70% of the time it works every time.”

  • Ideas and taste are paramount. This didn’t come from pressing a single button – it came from everything I know about the Android brand. I pulled from past brand partnerships (Wicked, Clash of Clans, Sandy Liang, McLaren F1, Baby Phat, Android Auto, etc) to shape different versions. My experience and taste are infused into every aspect of this project.

    Tools: Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini,(for 3D letter design/fabrics), RunwayML + Kling.ai (for morphing), CapCut (for editing).

 
 

4/25/25

Gemini for Insurance Claims

After the LA fires, I had friends who lost everything and saw how overwhelming it was to file insurance claims. Itemizing what you own is hard enough when your home is intact. Knowing that photos and videos were the only proof many had left of their things, I had the idea to use Gemini to scan those images, identify items and generate inventory lists for insurance. It wasn’t for an internal project or brief. I truly just felt helpless, And I knew if I thought long and hard enough about how AI could help, I’d eventually have an answer.