Maiora Field Notes · Archive
Methods, processes and practical decisions collected in concise publications. Read them, save them and use them on your next project.
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A six-step workflow for turning a pencil sketch into a house carved into a hillside: first render, material options, weather and time of day, props and new viewpoints, while keeping geometry, light and framing consistent.
A five-step workflow for turning a moodboard into the full brand of a trench coat label with Claude and Claude Design: design system, product photos in series, e-commerce images and promotional graphics, while keeping palette, light and hierarchy consistent.
A seven-step workflow for turning one necklace into a full campaign among dried sunflowers: master shot, movement, video, camera angles and product details, while keeping the face, jewellery, lighting and set consistent.
Five prompts for turning a hand-drawn sketch into a presentation-ready project: hero render, material options, site compositing, furnished interiors and time-of-day variations, while keeping geometry and camera consistent.
A seven-layer workflow for turning one earring into a complete shoot at the salt flats: product, avatar, setting, props, flamingos, camera angles and scale, with ready-to-use prompts that keep identity, lighting and set consistent.
A four-step workflow for building an AI fashion reel: organise references, avatar and outfit, generate consistent scenes with Google Nano Banana Pro, animate them, then finish the edit with voice, text and transitions.
A method for creating a football commercial entirely with AI: concept, cast, scenes, pacing and the final reveal, including the complete prompt for its three-shot ending.
Turn one phone photo of a bottle into a complete visual system: packshots, colour variants, models, key visuals, detail shots and pre-launch content while keeping the product, faces and lighting consistent.
A method for building five consistent frames for a streetwear reel: portrait, eye and skin macros, product detail and drone shot, while keeping the character, light and atmosphere unchanged.
Turn one product photo into a fashion campaign set in a sand-filled palazzo: visual brief, setting, light, movement, seven shot types and final checks to keep every image consistent.
Move from a material board to a master render, then vary materials, weather, scene objects and viewpoint: six conditions for showing the same building and helping clients decide.
Build an AI photoshoot one element at a time: product, model, location and props become stable references before adding camera angles and assembling twelve consistent shots.
A method for creating eight AI product shots without losing a textured product’s identity: material details, studio lighting, close-ups, scenes in use and catalogue variations.
Five steps to take a garment from sketch to a consistent campaign: still life, fabric variations, model shots, applied artwork and final campaign images while preserving the garment throughout.
A commercial workflow for turning a moodboard and sketch into a consistent ArchViz series: master render, material options, weather, scene objects and final curation, giving clients more directions in the same amount of time.
A practical method for turning one real product into ten consistent images: concept, fixed blocks, references, shot list, generation order and final checks for a campaign that feels produced on the same set.
Five steps to turn a brand moodboard into a design system and an approved email template: preparation, setup, generation, review and variations for product launches, promotions, events and restocks.
Six phases to build a consistent AI photoshoot, from studio references to the final scene: character sheet, product, environment, viewpoints and scene subtraction, with the prompts behind the eyewear-in-a-swamp carousel.
Five steps to turn a finished poster into twenty editable layers: decomposition, text rewriting, local edits, new angles and a final 4K file.
Seven phases and six complete prompts for building a consistent architectural render series while keeping the building, camera and lighting under control from the master image to the final video.
Five techniques for editing a single photograph with GPT Image without regenerating it: lighting, framing, cleanup, product insertion and background replacement, with ready-to-use prompts.
Seven steps for building a shoot in layers from a single real product: set, model, props, animal, camera angles and the roll-out into a full campaign.
Five steps for building a design system for each client so the whole team can produce consistent assets faster and at scale.
Six steps for building realistic product imagery from purpose, composition, consistency, light and material before writing the prompt.
A six-step method for producing a consistent fashion shoot without a studio by locking references, lighting and generation order.
A six-step workflow for turning a phone product photo into a consistent campaign, from storefront imagery to ad variations and brand visuals.
A five-step workflow for turning a moodboard into a consistent visual system, from product shots to promotional graphics.