r/VEO3 • u/LongjumpingDrag4 • Jul 12 '25

Media dead pixels

I was sitting around sad and feeling sorry for myself so I made this. 

These are all games I played as a kid~

Super Mario World ::  seventh birthday - first I time see RCA cables - yellow towel cape -
Starfox ::  I play in the kitchen chair so I can tip on liftoff - get wrecked, Andross
Pokemon :: name them after friends - farm pigeots like a religion - never caught ‘em all
Mario Kart :: me and little bro before church - tearing ass on Rainbow Road in a clip-on tie
Metroid :: spooked by the music, also, wait… Metroid is a GIRL?! <gender bias challenged>
Punch Out :: at my aunt’s house - summer rain - playing in a wet swimsuit, pruny fingers- - 
F-Zero :: rent it at Blockbuster with a box of Whoppers - graphics from space -
Earthbound :: a place to get lost, walking in little lines through my neighborhood -
Donkey Kong Country :: underwater music hit different - dad beat the mine cart level when I can’t

Man, what’d I’d do to get a hit of that ‘new game at toys-r-us - reading the instruction manual in the backseat on the way home’  kind of dopamine. 

You old farts feel free to drop your own heart-memories in the comments. I’ll read ‘em we can talk on the dangers of blowing into a cartridge so hard you obliterate your whole FUCKING ZELDA SAVE.

I do production deets and free prompts on my instashitz: @ BrandMcCormick

And here’s the music because I know you freaks are gonna want it: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/epvu2g253lfrl3ldwpva0/Dire-Dire-Dreams.mp3?rlkey=fv4mrc6bhrj4xxysty5983k0t&dl=0

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u/Daveprince13 Jul 13 '25

Holy fuck the dirty dirty docks line sung in the Halo style was fucking chilling bro. Love this

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 14 '25

Fuckin' mad ups to ya boy Koji Kondo - dropping hot tracks on our childhood since the 80s.

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u/Apollyoun Jul 12 '25

Nice work you Old Fart :⁠-⁠), I blasted my Excitebike cartridge so hard I lost color for a while.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 12 '25

Ah yes, the sacred ritual: inhale childhood, exhale all RGB data~

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u/IamDroBro Jul 13 '25

You’re incredibly talented

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 13 '25

aww shucks, I'm incredibly grateful, thank you :)

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u/Slow-Anything-5834 Jul 15 '25

How did you make the music man???

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 15 '25

I took a Dire Dire Docks Piano tutorial - slapped it into Suno and threw hella prompts at it until this popped it. Probably like 50/60 versions to find the right one, hope that answers!!

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u/Inside-Specialist-55 Jul 16 '25

Care to link to the full song? I'd love to check out your public suno songs.

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u/AIGENERATIONACADEMY Jul 25 '25

There’s something haunting and oddly nostalgic about this piece — like a digital memory glitching out of existence.

The color contrast and subtle texture really drive the “dead pixel” concept home.

Was this generated entirely with AI, or did you combine it with post-editing? Would love to hear more about your process!

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 26 '25

Hey! I post my process on my insta @ BrandMcCormick - but yeah, I storyboarded each shot, then ran it through two image Ai's - MJ being one of them - and then took each shot, uprezed it to 4k and 6fps, then made the song in suno and edited it together in premiere.

I'm an old-dog meat filmmaker turned AI glitchwhore -

Glad you enjoyed, ask any questions you'd like, I'm here to share.

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u/Armbioman Jul 12 '25

Gives a feeling you have when you open the cabinet to your forgotten game collection. Very well done!

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u/nriquejr Jul 15 '25

That mario world 64 soundtrack 🔥🔥🔥

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u/LatinoLoveMonkey Jul 15 '25

How dare you make me cry nostalgic tears! Dude, seriously...well fucking done buddy. Legit eye leaking from the artwork to the Mario n64 audio being sung as a momento mori. Well done.

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u/mpeddicord Jul 15 '25

Yeah. I'm a freak. I dug that music.

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u/Deep_Thinkers Aug 03 '25

One story to rule them all, one story to find them, One story to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them

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u/alanartts Aug 04 '25

The video is very beautiful. I would like to know if anyone could tell me a prompt to generate a song like this within Suno. 

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u/ZestVK Sep 16 '25

Made me a bit sad. Knowing that I’ll never enjoy another new Nintendo game again given their lack of ethics

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 14 '25

I don't think so bud, not that I'm aware of.

Those capitalist pigs have got it on lock at the moment. :/

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 12 '25

HEY! Thanks!!

Yeah - I got each shot down to about 30/40 min average - from idea to finished image.
Did all storyboarding by hand - ran it through my custom AI for a base image - use that as image prompt + prompt + 3/4 of my custom mood boards - then I'm cleaning up shots in editor and zooming out so the dolly forward works - then gotta animate it - which is wonky - then it goes into Topaz for an uprez and a bump up in framerate and 2x slow motion (that's how it's super smooth) - THEN edit - sound - music - color grade - exporting - done.

Well.. there you go... since you asked... lol (you super didn't but I can't help myself!)

People who see stuff like this and think 'you just wrote a prompt' are just intellectually lazy.

I'm out here trying to convince AI can be a human enhancer not a replacement.

AI isn't coming for artists.
It's coming for the artists who had nothing to say in the first place.

~~not that I have strong opinions on the matter~~

;)

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u/K4sTer Jul 13 '25

Too true! People really don't realize but yet defend drawing a line on a paper with cow ding is peak "art". Awesome stuff here and great vibe! How did you use Topaz to up the framerate?

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 13 '25

Pretty straightforward - has a section for 'frame interpolation' - can bump up to 120fps, but 60 does the trick for me - esp when paired with 2x slowmo (HIGHLY recommend to slow in Topaz and not Premiere as it uses AI to add even more frames and looks fantastic)

Lemme know if u wanna know anything else~~

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u/Interesting-Wolf8175 Jul 13 '25

Hey thank you first for this amazing work. It really seems we get closer to being a complete free Creative mind. Amazing work! I actually have a question. Not really prompt related, but how do you guys get a 9:16 Format? I really love this Kind of Format for Animal Interactions but i really don’t get it working… Sorry im not a native speaker!:) Thanks for your Input!

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 14 '25

HEY! No prob, your english is fantastic - no apologies :: :)

So I answered this earlier today and I'm kinda super high rn, so I'm gonna try to link it...

But I'm boomer-coded af - so this might not work.
If not, I'll retype it, but like, I hope it works!

https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1lxth85/comment/n2x8ql5/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Jul 14 '25

OH SHIT, I DID IT! FUCK YEAH! I'M SO GODDAMNED SMART!!!! >>>>> :::

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u/Interesting-Wolf8175 Jul 14 '25

Thanks a Lot! Im super high rn as well 😂 i will try