AI - Artificial Intelligence for my doll videos

In December 2021 I began taking pictures of dolls. These are dolls in scale 1:6, similar to the Barbie doll scale. These dolls look very realistic, and I realised that one could create scenes in which dolls interact.

So I began taking picture series, with still shot of the dolls, then putting captions and speech bubbles like in a cartoon. This way I was able to create "Graphic Novels". 

Then in summer 2024 I discovered that AI technology can actually animate those static doll pictures. So I experimented a bit and was fascinated that I could give my dolls a voice. Face animation is done automatically, fitting to the text they are speaking. 

And so I began experimenting, and I will share the results here on this blog. I will introduce a few of the apps that I have used, but I must state that this will just be a snapshot of the current situation: the technology is very much in flux, things are rapidly changing, and there are new innovations everyday. So my "reviews" may get outdated soon, but at least for now they may provide a starting point for those who are interested in follow these developments or give them a try.