AI, ILLUSTRATION AND POST PRODUCTION Oct 2024

Bireau’s artistic vision is all about crafting vibrant images that blur the line between reality and dreams, blending surrealism with humor and nostalgia. She weaves narratives that explore themes of diversity, feminism, and human connections.  

With a background in visual design and art direction, she has worked across a broad range of projects, including fashion campaigns, editorial projects, storyboards and movie props, music albums and promotion, murals, clothing, and much more, often supporting project development from the brief to delivery.  

An illustrator with a holistic approach to creativity, she is based in Berlin and collaborates with international agencies and clients such as Campari, Cosentino, Disney, Facebook, JustCavalli, Mixmag, Pitti Immagine, Salone del Mobile, Sony, Unilever, Universal and Wired.

Bomper is an independent creative production studio that creates work filled with character and originality.

"Our work for advertising, branding, broadcast and music videos spans live action VFX, hand-crafted animation to hyperreal CG, and everything in between. 

The team is made up of talented in-house artists, illustrators, animators, art directors and producers.

Bomper is an idea-driven studio without a house style. The studio is based on an inherent curiosity and a drive to push ourselves, experiment and challenge our ambitions. Not being constrained to an identifiable style allows us to approach each project uniquely against the brief and production constraints, by playing with mediums and formats, in crafting our best work. And of course, having a lot of fun along the way.

It’s this energy and dedication that makes Bomper stand out."

bZm Graphics is a post-production company specialising in photo editing, video post-production, 3D, and CGI services.

"With over 250 expert photo retouchers, video editors, and 3D artists, we support leading e-commerce, brands, retailers, and photo studios globally.

Our focus is on providing high-quality post-production services for ecommerce, lifestyle, campaign, and product photos and videos."

Danie Drankwalter is a Brooklyn-based artist, illustrator and designer working in lifestyle, advertising and editorial.

Their work is bright, joyful, lively and a little weird, known for its use of texture, color and the intimate portrayals of the characters that live in their twisted little world.

Select clients: LA Times, Southern Poverty Law Center/ SPLC, Warby Parker, Health Magazine, Unilever, Apartment Therapy, The School of The New York Times and JC Penney Home.

"We are a CGI & Retouch Studio from Barcelona.

Since 1974, we have collaborated with the most prestigious photographers and graphic artists in image retouching and post-production.

The artistic talent and technical expertise of our team, combined with a robust media infrastructure, enable us to work across various disciplines: photography, design, organic modelling, rigging, animation, compositing, 360º videos, and virtual reality. This range of services has made EGMS a creative and powerful technological partner that our clients trust for their project development.

We continue to explore the creation of digital content for different channels, using the latest technologies in printing, projection, and visualisation."

Gavin Goodman is a Cape Town-based photographer and visual artist with 20 years of experience in advertising.

A pioneer in integrating AI technology into his creative process, Gavin creates visuals that are virtually indistinguishable from traditional photography. His innovative approach is redefining the boundaries of advertising, opening new possibilities for visual storytelling.

In 2021, he was named a Hasselblad Master in the Fine Art category.

He has collaborated with major agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, M&C Saatchi Abel, McCann, DDB, Y&R, Havas Worldwide, BBDO, David Miami, FCB, Hill Holiday, and TBWA.

His clients include Mercedes, Facebook, Chrysler, Dos Equis, Eli Lilly, Heinz, Ameritrade, Adidas, Microsoft, Heineken, Volkswagen, Otto Germany, Just Eat UK, and Rémy Martin.

With 18+ years of experience, JSR Agency excels in advertising and content creation for top global brands.

"Our skilled team of directors, animators, photographers, and illustrators delivers outstanding projects across industries. Discover our expertise to elevate your brand. Explore stunning commercial, editorial, and creative works from our award-winning artists. Whether you need something unique or on-brand, we have the perfect match. Our agents are ready to discuss your project and recommend the best approach. We guide your project from concept to completion with a collaborative process.

Our CGI artists, BOOMCGI, Mainframe, Carioca Studio, are incredibly skilled and have recently produced some impressive work. Additionally, we have outstanding animators and illustrators such as Aart-Jan Venema, Iaian Macarthur, Kursat Unsal, Trajan Jia, and Sugar Blood, who have won numerous awards and collaborated with globally recognised brands."

Lubo Sergeev boasts a remarkable career as a renowned photographer and digital artist, amassing an impressive 25 years of expertise in the realms of advertising and commercial image production.    

Throughout his journey, he has garnered numerous prestigious awards for his exceptional work.

Paragon Retouch studio specialises in high-quality services for the advertising market. The studio's expertise includes high-end retouching and AI generation, as well as the correction of AI-generated images to achieve flawless visuals. Paragon Retouch also excels in 3D modeling and rendering, bringing concepts to life with precision.

For complex projects, the studio offers advanced photo compositing, seamlessly blending AI-generated images and 3D elements to create striking visuals. Their advertising and editorial retouching services handle projects of any complexity, ensuring meticulous attention to detail.

In addition, Paragon Retouch provides image retouching for e-commerce, enhancing product images for optimal presentation, as well as stop-motion and video retouching, bringing motion to life with the same level of excellence applied to still images.

Paragon Retouch is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of visual creativity, delivering top-tier results for their clients.

PUNCTUM IMAGES is a global content production studio with a fully digital workflow, focused on creating CGI visuals for the automotive industry.

The studio, headquartered in Prague, creates bespoke digital worlds in which each shot – from vast landscapes to the tiniest details – is entirely computer-generated, while adhering to the rules of traditional photography in terms of light, composition, and perspective. By combining precision CGI with the efficient use of AI, PUNCTUM delivers pixel-perfect results.

Retouch4me provides AI-powered solutions for automated photo and video retouching.

Its 12 AI photo retouching plugins handle tasks like skin and eye retouching, background cleanup, wrinkle smoothing, and color correction in just one click. These plugins can be used with Photoshop, as an external editor, or standalone software.

For video, two AI OFX plugins are available: Heal OFX, which removes skin imperfections, and Dodge & Burn OFX, which applies popular retouching techniques to videos. Both work with DaVinci Resolve.

Color Match plugins allow quick color transfer from any reference to images or videos and support LUTs. Retouch4me also offers a Photoshop Panel with Cloud Retouch, allowing users to test all AI plugins before purchasing, and Arams, an AI tool for batch retouching and photo culling.

Key advantages:

• Quick professional results. The original skin texture remains intact.
• Fully automated retouching for large-volume photography. The software edits entire photo shoots while you sleep.
• Flexible settings allow you to control the results.

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Sy Goldstein is an award-winning AI artist with a background in film and photography.

His AI work blends elements of humor, horror, sci-fi, and the surreal to create an alternate 1980s New York City, filled with bizarre characters. Each series is accompanied by a short interview with one of his subjects, highlighting the absurdity and mundanity of human existence.

What sets Sy's work apart is his ability to blend cutting-edge AI technology with a distinctly human touch of humor and absurdity, creating a world that is both fantastical and eerily familiar.

Before working with AI, Sy directed music videos, national branded video campaigns, short documentaries, and films. As an AI artist, his work has been featured in exhibitions and publications around the world.

Sy Goldstein is the winner of the AI Image Developing & Creating Category in the Spotlight Awards 2024.