✧ Guardians of Embervale

An AI-assisted fantasy illustration and design project

Baruun

In Guardians of Embervale, I set out to explore the symbiosis between human imagination and machine assistance — creating a mythic character series using a hybrid AI-creative workflow. These posters blend photorealistic texture mapping, fantastical creature design, bespoke typography, and consistent brand storytelling, anchored by a sigil system and elemental lore.

Xirri

This isn’t AI taking the reins – it’s AI doing the legwork while the creative direction, art direction, and visual tone stay firmly in human hands.

Loréa

⚙️ Workflow summary

  • Concept design: Hand-drafted themes and character archetypes.
  • Prompt engineering: Carefully constructed AI image prompts with precise stylistic targets.
  • Art direction: Multiple AI iterations, then human curation and refinement.
  • Post-production: Photoshop compositing, texture unification, colour grading.
  • Typography & sigil design: Custom typographic layout + emblem integration.
  • Final output: Standardised HD visuals, with a cohesive visual langauge.
Reyf

✧ AI is the new brush

We can keep doing things the old, slow way — or we can leap into the future with purpose-led AI that elevates creativity and cuts production time and cost.

Yvven

This project is part of my broader mission: to show how small brands and creators can use AI ethically and artistically — not to replace human work, but to amplify it. If you want to level up your storytelling, brand aesthetic or creative presence using AI without losing the soul, let’s talk.