Inspiration
Everything comes with the song... Dont know why theres no video here, but you can whatch it in: link Neon Flesh, was a work of dreaming and experimentation with electronic music. The project explores the boundary between flesh and machine, identity and memory, with tones inspired by Cronenberg’s “new flesh” and Lynch’s surreal introspection. It all started with that moment of revelation — when a body fails to match the soul it claims to contain.
What it does
Neon Flesh creates an atmospheric audiovisual experience about our own artificial nature.
How we built it
First, the idea and script as ever ;)
We combined live-action references, AI-generated imagery, digital compositing, and cinematic color design. The workflow blends Pixverse, Midjourney, Kling, Freepik & Google for visuals, Sync & Hedra for Lipsync, Photoshop and manual adjustments. After, Premiere & Resolve on post.
All audio components — including voices, sound design, ambient layers, and the complete musical score — were fully generated, composed, and crafted with ElevenLabs. On the lipsync side, I’m deeply grateful to two outstanding companies that continue to make life easier for creators: Sync and Hedra. Their direct workflows, focused tools, and constant improvements are pushing creative innovation forward every single day.
The project was also developed live as part of my teaching work in the Master’s Program at the Catholic University of Valencia, where I lecture in audiovisuals and AI-driven creativity.
It also highlights the incredible creative potential of Runway, Hailuo AI, ImagineArt and Freepik as working environments for producing sequences with Minimax, VEO and Kling, apart from other models, I've mainly used these on these platforms and local WAN. PixVerse, on the other hand, excels when using its own native tools, offering great flexibility and control.
For image generation, combining the power of Midjourney with various local models inside ComfyUI provides true superpowers — enabling consistent styles, continuity between shots, and a unified visual language throughout the entire project.
The project was edited using a hybrid workflow between Adobe Premiere Pro and CapCut. While Premiere handled the heavier timeline work, CapCut proved astonishingly agile — its speed and flexibility made iteration incredibly fast, especially for refining narrative beats and rapid visual adjustments. Color grading was completed in DaVinci Resolve, sound editing took place in Adobe Audition, and the final mixes were crafted in Studio Pro 7, nice tool!.
Challenges we ran into
Achieving subtle “new flesh” transitions without turning the scene into body horror also required a delicate balance. And keeping every frame consistent with previous shots demanded careful prompt engineering and iterative refinement.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
To have fun! and the narrative. But the best: to work on the first song of my partner Eve Brooks.
What we learned
New approaches to hybrid storytelling that mixes analog references with synthetic imagery. Try it out: link
What's next for Neon Flesh
More sequences of self-discovery, more visual experimentation, and a deeper dive into the mystery of who she was — and why she was left behind. The project will evolve into a surreal, atmospheric narrative about identity in the ruins.
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