The Giggling Idol.
Found deep within the ruins of an ancient civilization, the story whispers of a tormented shaman whose laughter became his curse.
It's said giggling echos from the forgotten city, and if you get too close, the idol has the last laugh
Worked on the new @Sleep_Token album artwork. @RCARecords were kind enough to send me some vinyl copies!
The gatefold opens like a barn door to reveal viaducts and ancient ruins on either side. Was a great experience!
It was able to expand my original 3D renders with high accuracy of lighting, foliage and depth of field.
I attempted to use Runway for this first, but it fell short on resolution and artifacts
Used Photoshop Generative Expand to help turn some old portrait videos into landscape by generating the empty space and compositing them back into the old projects.
I would have never gone back and re rendered these in 3D, so this was a nice test that worked and pretty flawlessly