American Ape 🔜 Art Basel

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I just wrote, directed, and produced a Pixar-style 3D commercial for a cleaning company…

Using 100% AI

No animators.
No studio.
No render farm.
No team.

Just vision → execution.

This is what a 30-second “low budget” branded ad looks like in 2025:

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For context:

A 3D animated commercial like this normally costs:

• $15k–$40k
• 4–8 weeks
• A crew of 10–20 people
• Modeling, rigging, lighting, rendering
• Endless revisions

I built this one in 7 hours with AI + creative direction.

(Not days…Hours.)

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The wild part?

This is the ROUGH CUT! 

No outsourced animation.
No render pipeline.
No sound team.
No VFX specialists.
No editors.

Just orchestration.

If this is the baseline today,
imagine what’s possible in 90 days.

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Traditional production requires:

• modelers
• rigging artists
• texture artists
• lighting teams
• animators
• compositors
• editors

AI collapses the entire pipeline.

The only skills that matter now:

Can you direct a vision?
Can you learn the new tools?

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Speed is the real superpower.

Concept → storyboard → animation → edit
in one afternoon.

That unlocks:

→ viral ads
→ product launch films
→ character-driven brand stories
→ mascot animations
→ kid-friendly content
→ micro-commercials for UGC creators

This was

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My background is in Hollywood: comics, games, live action &amp; animation.

Storytelling is the unchanged variable.

I’ve employed 100+ artists over the years.

AI doesn’t replace creativity.
It removes friction so creativity can scale.

This is why small teams will beat studios

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Most businesses can’t pay $20,000 for an animated ad.

AI flips the economics:

• Pixar-quality visuals
• Consistent characters
• Script + VO + edit
• Fast iteration
• 72-hour delivery

This isn’t “cheap content.”

This is studio-level storytelling without a studio price

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I’m opening 3 slots in December for custom animated brand commercials:

✅30 sec animated ad
✅Custom characters + environments
✅Script + direction + full edit
✅ VO included
✅ Delivery in 72 hours
✅ A fraction of traditional cost

If you want one:

Reply YES
or DM me BRAND

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The winners in 2026 won’t be the ones with the biggest budgets.

They’ll be the ones who:

→ move the fastest
→ control their narrative
→ use AI as a production multiplier

Your competitors are sleeping on this.

Don’t make the same mistake.

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One great animated commercial = one high-value client.

It pays for itself forever.

If you don’t know where to start,
I can build your first one.

DM “BRAND AD”

Thanks 🙏 The tools are insane, to be honest. 

I was just testing it out to see what was possible.

Wait until I’m ready to reveal some Orangurock content… 🤫