Devotio
Story Her life moves in quiet snow and silent rooms, but inside, a storm never stops. She remembers dancing with her daughter, reading her stories, the warmth of small hands that trusted her. And then the moment that broke her, handing that same child over to the cult. She gave away her light, and it left a shadow that lives in every heartbeat. Now, on the edge of the platform, the rumble of the coming train feels like a promise, a chance, perhaps, to face the little girl who still screams for her.
Artist’s Reflection Devotio is about love stretched to the breaking point, faith bending it into sacrifice. The mother is no villain; she is someone who believed she was protecting what she could not save. I wanted to capture the unbearable tension between devotion and damnation, the way love can demand the impossible, and how guilt can make the world feel colder than the snow outside her window. It asks: what if the very act of caring could become the cage you cannot escape?
Technical Process The process began by crafting still compositions inside Unreal Engine 5, carefully building each scene’s mood and structure. These stills were then stylized using a custom Stable Diffusion model I trained on my own Midjourney artworks, allowing the visual language to stay personal and recognizably mine. Once styled, the images were upscaled in Leonardo for clarity before being brought to life using Kling and Luma AI
Sound design carried equal weight. The music was composed using Suno AI and Udio AI, with lyrics co-written through ChatGPT, shaped to match the emotional pulse of each story. The final sequences were rendered in Deforum, using ControlNets to merge motion, atmosphere, and narrative, turning stillness into something that breathes.
About the contract Each piece in this collection is minted on the ERC-7160 standard, meaning collectors receive two unique variations of the artwork to choose from, each one slightly different in tone, light, and emotion. Through Transient Labs, collectors can also inscribe their own story directly into the NFT, leaving a fragment of themselves within the work, continuing its cycle of memory and confession.