Creative AI tools are powerful, but the process behind them can feel abstract and technical.

Creative Factory reimagines that process as a playful animated world. Instead of interfaces and menus, the creative pipeline becomes a cast of fluffy monster characters, each representing a different stage of the workflow, working together inside a cozy pastel factory.

The result is a visual narrative that transforms ideas, prompts, images, refinement, and video generation into a clear and engaging story.

Rather than a finished product, this project functions as a creative experiment exploring how complex digital systems can be communicated through character, environment, and animation.

Creative AI tools are powerful, but the process behind them can feel abstract and technical.

Creative Factory reimagines that process as a playful animated world. Instead of interfaces and menus, the creative pipeline becomes a cast of fluffy monster characters, each representing a different stage of the workflow, working together inside a cozy pastel factory.

The result is a visual narrative that transforms ideas, prompts, images, refinement, and video generation into a clear and engaging story.

Rather than a finished product, this project functions as a creative experiment exploring how complex digital systems can be communicated through character, environment, and animation.

Creative AI tools are powerful, but the process behind them can feel abstract and technical.

Creative Factory reimagines that process as a playful animated world. Instead of interfaces and menus, the creative pipeline becomes a cast of fluffy monster characters, each representing a different stage of the workflow, working together inside a cozy pastel factory.

The result is a visual narrative that transforms ideas, prompts, images, refinement, and video generation into a clear and engaging story.

Rather than a finished product, this project functions as a creative experiment exploring how complex digital systems can be communicated through character, environment, and animation.

Concept Building

Concept Building

Concept Building

Creative Factory is a charming, story driven visual world designed to explain a creative AI workflow. The process is represented through adorable 3D fuzzy monster characters, each symbolizing a different part of the creative pipeline.

Rather than presenting tools and steps in a technical way, the project imagines them as playful personalities working together inside a soft pastel factory. This approach transforms an abstract workflow into an engaging narrative experience.

Creative Factory is a charming, story driven visual world designed to explain a creative AI workflow. The process is represented through adorable 3D fuzzy monster characters, each symbolizing a different part of the creative pipeline.

Rather than presenting tools and steps in a technical way, the project imagines them as playful personalities working together inside a soft pastel factory. This approach transforms an abstract workflow into an engaging narrative experience.

Creative Factory is a charming, story driven visual world designed to explain a creative AI workflow. The process is represented through adorable 3D fuzzy monster characters, each symbolizing a different part of the creative pipeline.

Rather than presenting tools and steps in a technical way, the project imagines them as playful personalities working together inside a soft pastel factory. This approach transforms an abstract workflow into an engaging narrative experience.

Character Direction

Character Direction

Character Direction

Each part of the creative process in Creative Factory is represented by a unique fuzzy monster with its own role and personality.

Flare generates ideas and is energetic and impulsive.
Gloss defines artistic direction and obsesses over color and polish.
Morph shapes characters like a gentle sculptor.
Lexi organizes scenes and narratives with storyboard panels.
Prompto crafts image and video prompts from floating keywords.
Pixel creates images from prompts and checks details carefully.
Tweak refines outputs with tiny tools and precise adjustments.
Nova produces the final animated results with quiet confidence.

Together these characters form a living metaphor for the collaborative nature of creative production.

Each part of the creative process in Creative Factory is represented by a unique fuzzy monster with its own role and personality.

Flare generates ideas and is energetic and impulsive.
Gloss defines artistic direction and obsesses over color and polish.
Morph shapes characters like a gentle sculptor.
Lexi organizes scenes and narratives with storyboard panels.
Prompto crafts image and video prompts from floating keywords.
Pixel creates images from prompts and checks details carefully.
Tweak refines outputs with tiny tools and precise adjustments.
Nova produces the final animated results with quiet confidence.

Together these characters form a living metaphor for the collaborative nature of creative production.

Each part of the creative process in Creative Factory is represented by a unique fuzzy monster with its own role and personality.

Flare generates ideas and is energetic and impulsive.
Gloss defines artistic direction and obsesses over color and polish.
Morph shapes characters like a gentle sculptor.
Lexi organizes scenes and narratives with storyboard panels.
Prompto crafts image and video prompts from floating keywords.
Pixel creates images from prompts and checks details carefully.
Tweak refines outputs with tiny tools and precise adjustments.
Nova produces the final animated results with quiet confidence.

Together these characters form a living metaphor for the collaborative nature of creative production.

Scene Building

Scene Building

Scene Building

The world of Creative Factory was developed as a series of connected scenes that visualize different stages of the creative process.

The experience begins in the Lounge, a central space where all eight characters relax and interact. From there, four color coded doors lead to specialized rooms. The Ideation Room focuses on generating ideas. The Design Room shapes characters and visual style. The Story Room organizes narratives and prompts. The Output Room transforms prompts into images and videos along a moving conveyor belt.

Each scene was carefully imagined with warm lighting, plush textures, and soft pastel tones to create a consistent and inviting visual language. Together these environments form a complete journey through the creative pipeline.

Tools Used: ChatGPT (prompt refining), Nano Banana (image generation), Hailuo (video generation), Sora (video generation), Photoshop (image editing), CapCut (video editing).

The world of Creative Factory was developed as a series of connected scenes that visualize different stages of the creative process.

The experience begins in the Lounge, a central space where all eight characters relax and interact. From there, four color coded doors lead to specialized rooms. The Ideation Room focuses on generating ideas. The Design Room shapes characters and visual style. The Story Room organizes narratives and prompts. The Output Room transforms prompts into images and videos along a moving conveyor belt.

Each scene was carefully imagined with warm lighting, plush textures, and soft pastel tones to create a consistent and inviting visual language. Together these environments form a complete journey through the creative pipeline.

Tools Used: ChatGPT (prompt refining), Nano Banana (image generation), Hailuo (video generation), Sora (video generation), Photoshop (image editing), CapCut (video editing).

The world of Creative Factory was developed as a series of connected scenes that visualize different stages of the creative process.

The experience begins in the Lounge, a central space where all eight characters relax and interact. From there, four color coded doors lead to specialized rooms. The Ideation Room focuses on generating ideas. The Design Room shapes characters and visual style. The Story Room organizes narratives and prompts. The Output Room transforms prompts into images and videos along a moving conveyor belt.

Each scene was carefully imagined with warm lighting, plush textures, and soft pastel tones to create a consistent and inviting visual language. Together these environments form a complete journey through the creative pipeline.

Tools Used: ChatGPT (prompt refining), Nano Banana (image generation), Hailuo (video generation), Sora (video generation), Photoshop (image editing), CapCut (video editing).

Lounge

Lounge

Ideation Room

Ideation Room

Design Room

Design Room

Story Room

Story Room

Output Room

Output Room

Celebration

Celebration

Voice Generation

Voice Generation

Voice Generation

Voice generation was incorporated using 11ElevenLabs to create the narrative voice of the factory commander.

All spoken instructions and guidance in the videos were generated through this system, giving the project a consistent storytelling layer. The voice acts as a bridge between the viewer and the characters, explaining each step while maintaining a playful and confident tone.

Voice generation was incorporated using 11ElevenLabs to create the narrative voice of the factory commander.

All spoken instructions and guidance in the videos were generated through this system, giving the project a consistent storytelling layer. The voice acts as a bridge between the viewer and the characters, explaining each step while maintaining a playful and confident tone.

Voice generation was incorporated using 11ElevenLabs to create the narrative voice of the factory commander.

All spoken instructions and guidance in the videos were generated through this system, giving the project a consistent storytelling layer. The voice acts as a bridge between the viewer and the characters, explaining each step while maintaining a playful and confident tone.

Reflection

Reflection

Reflection

This project strengthened my ability to translate complex ideas into accessible visual narratives. It encouraged thinking about systems and processes as characters and environments rather than diagrams.

Future possibilities include expanding Creative Factory with new characters and rooms, producing longer narrative animations, or turning the concept into an interactive experience where users can explore the workflow themselves.

This project strengthened my ability to translate complex ideas into accessible visual narratives. It encouraged thinking about systems and processes as characters and environments rather than diagrams.

Future possibilities include expanding Creative Factory with new characters and rooms, producing longer narrative animations, or turning the concept into an interactive experience where users can explore the workflow themselves.

This project strengthened my ability to translate complex ideas into accessible visual narratives. It encouraged thinking about systems and processes as characters and environments rather than diagrams.

Future possibilities include expanding Creative Factory with new characters and rooms, producing longer narrative animations, or turning the concept into an interactive experience where users can explore the workflow themselves.

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© 2026 Sonny Yan. All rights reserved.

© 2026 Sonny Yan. All rights reserved.

© 2026 Sonny Yan. All rights reserved.