Nick Bowen

Unlock

AI-animated training videos for ProSolve's teacher professional development.

Role
Art director, character designer, writer and producer
Audience
Teachers and adult learners
Formats
PD videos: AI art with voiceover
Tools
AI image and voice tools, After Effects, Premiere Pro

The challenge

Build adult PD on a very low budget, and keep a room of adults engaged.

The solution

Quest's still-image and voiceover process, with AI art.

The impact

Participants love the experience.

Unlock sneak peekA look inside the Unlock experience, cut from the series videos.

The challenge

PD on a very low budget

Unlock is ProSolve's professional development program for adults, teaching teamwork and problem solving. The challenge: build it on a very low budget and still make it engaging for a room full of adults.

The solution

Quest's process, with AI art

Unlock was built before AI lip sync was good enough to use, so I went back to Quest's process: still images carried by voiceover. With AI art it could be done cheaply and quickly. I designed Dr. Dillpickle and Eleanor, wrote the script, art directed the images and produced the videos.

Dr. Dillpickle
AI-assistedCharacter design and art direction by me.
Dr. Dillpickle excited
Dr. Dillpickle with hands in his hair
Dr. Dillpickle with a finger raised
Dr. Dillpickle surprised
Dr. Dillpickle pointing
Dr. Dillpickle thinking, full body
Dr. Dillpickle walking
Dr. Dillpickle proudly holding Eleanor over his head
Dr. Dillpickle hugging Eleanor

The host of the series, a mad scientist I designed and kept consistent across every pose and expression, with AI image tools under my direction.

Eleanor
AI-assistedCharacter design and art direction by me.
Eleanor, a green retro computer with a pink bow
Eleanor's screen showing her unimpressed pixel face

The future-predicting robot who always predicts a horrible outcome for humanity: a retro computer with a pink bow, a prop turned character.

The impact

Loved by participants

ProSolve's PD has been highly successful, and participants love the experience.

AI-assistedMade with AI image and video tools under my direction.How I use AI