Pixie vs Oily
The same serum as a hero character fighting a gang of oil droplets on a skin landscape.
- Type
- Spec ad (concept)
- Deliverable
- Vertical 3D animated short
- Role
- Creative direction, script, AI generation and edit
- Year
- 2026
From brief to final frame.
The brief
Oil on skin is not a pretty subject. Treated as a villain with a face, it becomes a story: pores are craters, Oily is a golden droplet that loves a party, and Pixie is the serum who ends it. The tone is feature-film animation, not explainer motion graphics.
How it was made
Both characters live on reference sheets (eight expressions each). Every frame node receives the sheet as a reference, and the prompt ends with "Same Pixie and Oily as references". The final scene morphs the 3D Pixie into the real product packshot so the audience leaves with the real label in mind.
The result
A 27-second short with consistent characters from start to finish, landing exactly on the real product.
Every second has a job.
- 0-3 sHook
Oily slides into a pore like a waterslide. "Wheeeee!" (alt hooks: a NOW HIRING: MORE OIL sign, Pixie speaking to camera)
- 3-8 sProblem
Wide crane over the T-zone party. Droplets dance, the surface shines.
- 8-14 sSolution
Pixie parachutes in, squeezes her dropper. "Niacinamide. Zinc. Party's over."
- 14-20 sProof
Time-lapse feel: craters shrink, shine fades, droplets flee.
- 20-27 sCTA
Pixie winks, morphs into the real bottle on pastel. Narrator closes.
What made it work.
- Terrain stays static, only characters move. The prompt says so in plain words, which cut the usual landscape warping.
- Pixie's face lives on the label. "Eyes and mouth animate on the label, bottle shape stays identical" keeps the product silhouette intact while she acts.
- Scene 5 uses a last-frame connection from the real packshot, so the morph lands on the actual product.
- Squash and stretch is requested in every clip prompt. Without it, H3 drifts toward realistic physics.
Inside the Space.
The prompt behind each scene.
Frame 1A: Oily waterslideimage
Pixar-style 3D macro landscape of human skin, pores as round craters, Oily the cheerful glossy golden oil droplet character sliding down into a pore like a waterslide, arms up, warm rim light, shallow depth of field, vibrant animated feature film quality. Same Oily as reference.Ref: OILY sheet
Frame 1C: Pixie talksimage
Pixar-style 3D, Pixie the serum bottle character standing on a skin landscape, looking straight into camera with a confident raised brow, shiny oily skin terrain behind her, warm cinematic light, animated feature film quality. Same Pixie as reference, keep label layout.Ref: PIXIE sheet
Scene 1A: hook videoH3, 5 s
No music, natural sound only. [00:00-00:02]: the golden oil droplet slides fast into the pore crater, yelling "Wheee!", big splash of oil. [00:02-00:04]: camera whips up revealing more droplets cheering. Pixar-style 3D animated feature film, squash and stretch animation, playful timing.First frame: Frame 1A
Scene 1C: hook videoH3, 5 s
No music, natural sound only. [00:00-00:04]: the serum bottle character leans toward camera and says in a sassy female voice: "Your pores called. [short pause] They want a word." Eyes and mouth animate on the label, bottle shape stays identical. Pixar-style 3D animated feature film.First frame: Frame 1C
Scene 2: the partyH3, 5 s
No music, natural sound only. [00:00-00:05]: slow crane down over the greasy skin terrain, oil droplets dance and bounce, surface shines brighter, party chatter and squishy sounds. Terrain structure is static, only the characters move. Pixar-style 3D animated feature film.First frame: Frame 2
Scene 3: Pixie landsH3, 6 s
No music, natural sound only. [00:00-00:02]: the serum bottle character lands with her parachute, dust puff. [00:02-00:06]: she squeezes her dropper bulb and says confidently: "Niacinamide. Zinc. [short pause] Party's over." Golden drops fall, the oil droplets gasp. Bottle shape and label stay identical. Pixar-style 3D animated feature film, heroic low angle.First frame: Frame 3
Scene 4: proofH3, 6 s
No music, natural sound only. [00:00-00:06]: timelapse feel, golden drops soak into the terrain, pore craters shrink smoothly, shine fades to a soft matte surface, the oil droplets flee screaming in tiny voices, the serum bottle character dusts off her cap. Pixar-style 3D animated feature film.First frame: Frame 4
Scene 5: CTA morphH3, 5 s
No music, natural sound only. [00:00-00:02]: the serum bottle character winks at camera with a sparkle sound. [00:02-00:05]: smooth morph transition from the 3D character into the real photoreal product bottle on a pastel background, label facing camera. Pixar-style 3D turning into premium cosmetic packshot.First frame: Frame 5, last frame: real packshot
MusicLyria 3 Pro, 30 s
Playful orchestral animated movie score, mischievous pizzicato strings for the villains, heroic brass swell at the midpoint, whimsical and bright resolution, no vocals.Mixed at about 14%
- Magnific SpacesFull node workflow
- nano-banana-2-flashFrames with character sheets
- MiniMax H3Animation with native speech
- ElevenLabsNarration
- Lyria 3 ProMusic
- ffmpeg + libassEdit and captions
- Creative direction, script, AI and edit
- Murillo Cunha
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