I have found my calling.
As a child, I knew I was going to be a comic creator. Not a writer like Tolkien. Not an artist like Jim Lee. A Creator, in the vein of Moebius, Frank Miller, and Hugo Pratt: people who built worlds across media.
Then, life and parents happened. I went to Design School, built a career designing newspapers in an industry that was vanishing in real time, got laid off, and survived by adapting into UX design. The usual story.
But the scars from that journey taught me two critical lessons:
Always have a Plan B.
Mastering new tech is your moat.
Then came the newest, baddest bogeyman for creatives: AI.
I jumped in, fast. The more I explored it, an idea began to take shape. This wasn’t a threat; this was the way. This is how I finally become that Creator I imagined all those years ago.
Not just making art. Or writing a story. Or producing videos.
All of it. Woven together.
I’ve already started. Two stories are live on Royal Road:
Star Wyrms, a story about Space Dragons, in the style of Top Gun.
Grind Fighter, a story about a sci-fi Pit Fighter, in the style of the Hunger Games.
The response has been incredible. Slowly but surely, readers are connecting with the neural-pilot bonding, the biological mystery of the dragons, the high-octane stakes.
This newsletter is now the behind-the-scenes of that universe. And the next ones.
I can see the path now. To do videos, you need stories. Once you start doing that, there is no turning back. Everything clicks. Suddenly, you can build a Universe. Your art is no longer random, it has a purpose.
Phew.
Sounds like a lot of work. And a hell of a lot of fun.
Welcome to the workshop.
This is bigger than me
Something is happening right now. AI-native creators are building full-stack production pipelines, writing, visualizing, coding, distributing, without waiting for permission.
This is that moment for storytellers.
We’re not just making content. We’re building cinematic universes as solo creators, with AI as our production army. The economics have flipped. What required millions and a studio now requires vision and velocity.
I’m not just pivoting a newsletter. I’m joining a movement of world builders who are bypassing the gatekeepers and building the next Disney, the next Netflix, one person at a time.
What this means
The AI Video Creator no longer defines what I do. This newsletter now has a new name and goal:
The AI World Builder
Building the Neuronomicon—A One-Person Cinematic Universe made with AI.
This is my growing library of interconnected stories in the same universe. Star Wyrms and Grind Fighter are just the first shelf.
I will be slowly rolling out the changes to the brand and content over the coming weeks.
What stays the same
I will still be experimenting with AI video and art tools. I will still share how I make my videos, how I design characters, and test new workflows.
But now, every tool serves a single mission: building this universe in public.
What gets wild
We’re not just making content, we’re building experiences that compete for your attention with Disney, Netflix, and TikTok. But I’m doing it as a one-person studio, with AI as our production army.
We’re writing the story of a space battle, then creating a game for you to live it.
We’re designing characters in Midjourney, then using those designs in our stories and videos.
We’re building locations in Blender (without learning Blender).
We’re telling the story of a deadly tournament from the POV of our heroine, then building an interface with autonomous agents so you can experience the rest of the tournament yourself.
AI is the genie in the lamp with unlimited wishes. We just need ideas.
So that’s exactly what we’re doing: wishing bigger, building wilder, and documenting every step.
No more tutorials for tutorials’ sake. Every experiment serves one goal, building a universe.
Your front-row seat
You’ll get a front-row seat to how a one-person studio builds a cinematic universe. The tools, the workflows, the failures, the wins. And you’ll get the tools to build your own.
If this resonates, hit reply and tell me: What world have you always wanted to build?
And if you know a creator feeling stuck between tools and vision, forward this to them.
Let’s build.
—Erik
