Insights, stories, and updates from the world of AI and creative leadership.
How Phyl Bautzer drew on 18 years of advertising and creative direction experience to build a 60-second AI concept film exploring human trafficking, using storytelling, visual planning, and structured workflows in Figma Weave.
A deep dive into how a Lighthouse AI Academy student combined 25 years of graphic design experience with AI to build a controlled system for character creation, studio photography, and video production.
A shareable Figma Weave workflow that turns a plain language description and one reference image into a finished campaign. Built so that someone other than me could run it.
A six week intensive, a spec PSA about school shootings, and a single Weave workflow that carried a fictional product from character design all the way through print, film, and final delivery. Built inside Figma Weave during the six week intensive led by Raoni Lima.
A closer look at how a Lighthouse student transformed a traditional footwear design process into a structured AI workflow inside our Figma Weave Live Studio, combining moodboards, materials, color systems, and rendering into a repeatable creative process.
This case study examines how a Lighthouse student built a LoRA for Kendo armor, what went wrong during training, and why specialist models may still have a role to play in professional creative workflows.
A closer look at how a Lighthouse alum turned a ComfyUI experiment into a shippable system for generating campaign-ready product concepts from 3D assets, complete with control, realism, and a human-friendly interface.
A closer look at a modular, AI-powered storytelling system designed to preserve character, structure, and cinematic intent from first draft to first frame.
A clear look at how a hybrid AI and VFX workflow can be used to design a luxury brand film from the ground up, where discipline, precision, and storytelling are treated with the same care as the product itself.
Trace of One offers a glimpse into the future of fashion filmmaking, showing how artists can use AI not to replace craft, but to elevate it into entirely new creative territory.
It’s a fitting vantage point for thinking about the future of architecture, because the discipline itself is quickly climbing into new territory.
Isaac Irvin had been carrying an idea for years — a music video for his band, Los Pochos, laden with surreal imagery and well-animated storylines. Instead of requiring a team and massive budget, he created it alone using AI tools learned at Lighthouse AI Academy.
