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[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

EMERSON - CIRCLES

An animation inspired by a passage from one of my favorite essays --

"The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end."

Long has this image existed in my mind's eye; long have I wanted to bring it to life. Due credit to Opus & co for making such a thing possible; these tools are legitimately amazing, and I'm excited for what's to come.

Enjoy!

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

for my purposes, I didn't need this involved of a tech stack, but in an ideal world...
https://t.co/H0GTKWMYv5

[Conor O’Hollaren @dotconor]

- direction: @claudeai Opus 5.5
- AD: @OpenAI Codex
- production: @openclaw
- animation: @grok Imagine
- PA: @Muse
- pre-pro: GPT-Image-2.5
- DP: GPT-6 Astra
- key grip: GPT-6 Luna
- post-pro: Opus 5.5
- 2D VFX: @BytePlusGlobal
- craft services: @replicate
- 3D VFX: @threejs
- edits: @FFmpeg
- inspo: @donaldjewkes, @pleometric
- 原作: 庵野秀明, 高橋洋子, 佐藤英敏, 鷺巣詩郎, 及川眠子, ガイナックス

most credits r also in video 😌

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

EMERSON - CIRCLES

An animation inspired by a passage from one of my favorite essays --

"The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end."

Long has this image existed in my mind's eye; long have I wanted to bring it to life. Due credit to Opus & co for making such a thing possible; these tools are legitimately amazing, and I'm excited for what's to come.

Enjoy!

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

also this one:
https://t.co/77tDaqtJSl

[Winter @WinterArc2125]

Prompt:

Create a 4–5 minute cinematic video about the Battle of Austerlitz (1805), built entirely in code.

Research the battle thoroughly and decide for yourself how to tell the story, structure the pacing, explain the strategy, and visualize the events. I want it to be historically accurate, dramatic, easy to understand, and visually exceptional.

Use the attached paintings as visual inspiration, not a strict style requirement. I love their scale, atmosphere, smoke, dramatic skies, cavalry, massed formations, landscape, and sense of chaos. Find a way to translate that feeling into code — but if you can invent a stronger visual language, do it.

Don't make it feel like a generic infographic or strategy game. It should feel like a cinematic historical film that happens to be rendered with code.

You have complete creative control. Surprise me.

Repo:
https://t.co/L4RIiZQ0N9

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@shakoistsLog fr what's wrong with a little Levantine levity

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@oecolamp What ever happened to levity

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@MostlyMonkey If you're a rich guy who doesn't drink, you'd better either be Mormon or have fun vices like gambling your kid's trust fund, base jumping, cocaine

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

do you like your own posts, anon? Sure, you "like" them.. but do you like like them?

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@HellenicVibes Vintage zoomer alcibiades post

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@VCBrags Based honestly

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@devahaz Any place that has a serif font menu really

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@0interestrates my god it’s him

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

asked HP Lovecraft about 'slutcon' and he was not happy about it

[Fulcrum @fulcrum_inc]

Say hello to Echo, the best writing model at style imitation. Echo beats frontier models at writing tasks ranging from fiction to technical explanations, despite costing less than $5K to train.

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@CarterWChurch @AgeofNapoleon

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@thinkingshivers @Plinz You got me 🙈

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@AvalonInst so stoked

[Avalon Institute 🐦‍⬛ @AvalonInst]

The Avalon Exposition is one month away!

Join us for a weekend celebrating the study of mankind - from anthropology to theater, from military history to genetics, and live music from Sikh Tabla to the Ancient Greek lyre

Bring your own art and thought!

https://t.co/B5kkEjBqDu

[Democritus Sr @DemocritusSr]

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Break, Break, Break” #poetry

[alexander 🐦‍⬛ @alexdoat]

@cairoasmith @AdemLuz My favorite parts were the lengthy pastoral descriptions while the characters ride on horses. I sort of doubt that's gonna make it into the movie