Never Sleeps — production gallery

The dad-who-never-sleeps animated short: clone-splitting template across six seasons. Temp share, all media AI-generated.

Final clips — one power, six versions

Winter, snowy day — snow suit clone
Spring afternoon — tool belt clone
Summer, sunny — pool gear clone
Summer afternoon — ice cream clone
Autumn evening — tuxedo clone
Autumn night — pajama clone

The splitting ladder — per-season sequential stills

snow — plate
snow — R1
snow — R2
snow — R3
tool — plate
tool — R1
tool — R2
tool — R3
pool — plate
pool — R1
pool — R2
pool — R3
ice — plate
ice — R1
ice — R2
ice — R3
tux — plate
tux — R1
tux — R2
tux — R3
pj — plate
pj — R1
pj — R2
pj — R3

Character & world design

Character candidate c1
Character candidate c2
Character candidate c3
Character candidate c4
Character candidate c5
Character candidate c6
Character candidate c7
Character candidate c8
Backdrop b1_day
Backdrop b2_evening
Backdrop b3_wider
Backdrop b4_stylized
Character sheet — 28 poses/outfits (toon LoRA training set)

Effect evolution

v1 draft — liquid extrusion (too slow, "calf being born")
v4 — constrained snap attempt
Snap isolated, loopable

Early pipeline tests

Photoreal I2V test — studio
Photoreal I2V test — office restage
Photoreal I2V test — wide shot (identity drift case)
Photoreal LoRA eval — judge prompts
Photoreal LoRA eval — edit mode