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ProSolve professional development

Unlock

AI-animated training videos for teachers.

The challenge

Unlock is ProSolve's professional development program for adults. It teaches 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

Unlock was built before AI lip sync was good enough to use. So I went back to the process we developed for Quest: still images carried by voiceover. With AI-generated art, that Quest-style production could be done cheaply and quickly, to high effect. I designed Dr. Dillpickle and Eleanor, wrote the script, art directed the images and produced the videos.

The impact

ProSolve's PD has been highly successful, with participants loving the experience.

Unlock sneak peekA look inside the Unlock experience, cut from the series videos. 1:13.
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
AI-assistedMade with AI image and video tools under my direction.How I use AI

Dr. Dillpickle

The host of the series, a mad scientist I designed and kept in one consistent identity across every pose and expression. AI image tools were used to create these images under my direction.

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

Eleanor

The future-predicting robot, who always seems to predict a horrible outcome for humanity. A retro computer with a pink bow that sits beside the host, a prop that turns into a character.

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