This collection is a small sampling of still images and animated video clips I’ve created over the past year using a variety of computer graphics tools. The rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems and game engines is making a whole new set of tools available for visual storytelling. While these tools can assist an artist, they do not replace the human creativity needed to bring art to life.

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Two young girls encounter a mysterious object while walking in the woods.

Image by Peter von Stackelberg with DALL-E 4

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Digital photograph with image processing to give a more “painterly” look.

Image by Peter von Stackelberg

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A sandstone canyon with a spaceship and the ruins of an ancient temple. (Created with Unreal Engine 5)

Image by Peter von Stackelberg

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Concept art of a futuristic laboratory. (Created and rendered with Daz Studio)

Image by Peter von Stackelberg

A sci-fi city created and rendered with Unreal Engine 4.27. (Video by Peter von Stackelberg)
Testing weather with audio in Unreal Engine. (Video by Peter von Stackelberg)
Haze blankets an outpost of Minerva after a dust storm. Create with Unreal Engine 5. (Video by Peter von Stackelberg)
A snow storm shrouds a spaceship on Minerva. The computer animation was done with Unreal Engine 5. (Video by Peter von Stackelberg)