Tools Used:

Bing Image Generator - For generating base image
PixVerse - For Animating the water
Photoshop - for trimming and seperating elements
Medibang - for erasing elements
Capcut - for Compiling files for Animation
Gid Converter - For Mp4 to GIF Conversion

Prompts:
For Pepe Design Coin - a crypto coin with the word "PEPE" laying flat on the ground. pixar style 3d art
For Frog in the Pond- PEPE frog sitting on a Gold PEPE crypto coin that is floating on a pond. pixar style 3d art
For Water Animation - subtle motion of water area + Magic Brush

There is something missing in AI tools that I think won't be achieved even in the future. This is the human touch and human eyes. AI can't read our minds, so even if it creates a logo based on the prompt we think of, it is still far from what we actually visualize.

In the animated Pepe Frog I made sitting on a Pepe Coin, I had to assist the AI to achieve the output I wanted. Using Bing Image Generator, I generated the image I wanted, but after many tries, it still didn't follow the design. Instead of a Pepe design for the crypto coin, it kept using a Bitcoin image for the crypto.

So, I tried a different prompt, and this time it produced the Pepe Coin I needed.

All I had to do was manually edit the image and combine them.

I want the frog to blink in my animation, so I created two images, one with closed eyes and one with open eyes.

Next, I needed to animate the water to have a ripple effect. For this, I used Pixverse to animate the objects.

I had to try twice because the frog image was also moving and getting distorted, so I thought of editing the image and removing the frog and the coin so they wouldn't be affected by the motion.

Now, I needed to compile everything using CapCut.

In CapCut Desktop, I had to separate the images, such as the frog, which I made into two files, one with eyes closed and one with eyes open, to make it blink.

Next, I had to create a file for the reflection of the coin in the water and many other unnoticed files like a separate coin to add an effect to it.

I overlaid the images on top of one another, then I added some effects for the coin and its water reflection.

Lastly, I converted the MP4 file from CapCut to a GIF so that I could upload it to my blog.

I am happy that there are AI tools now to speed up the art that an artist can make, but I still think it won't work without a creative mind using them and editing their mistakes.

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