
The Hybrid Workflow
A CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PROCESS
INPUT
Personal archive · sketches · memories · images
→ what is returning?
Hint: Notice the fragments or visual impulses that keep surfacing. These are invitations, not leftovers. Stay curious—surprises often arrive before meaning does.
GENERATIVE EXPLORATION (MIDJOURNEY)
Visual hypotheses · iterations · refinements
→ what feels like mine?
Hint: This is play, not production. Take time. Explore variations. The right image doesn’t appear—it emerges.
SELECTION
Resonance check · intention alignment
→ is this worth continuing?
Hint: Pause before regenerating. Some images need a moment to reveal why they matter. Let intuition answer before technology does.
POST-PRODUCTION (TOPAZ / EDITING / COLLAGE)
clarify · scale · refine
→ quiet distractions, amplify structure
Hint: Whether digital or physical, treat this phase like sculpting. Remove noise so the work can breathe.
REFLECTION (CHATGPT / WRITING PRACTICE)
naming patterns · title · statement · framework
→ what is the work doing?
Hint: You’re not explaining the image—you’re discovering the logic behind it. Ask: Why this? Why now? What keeps returning?
OUTPUT
print · exhibition · dialogue
→ invitation, not explanation
Hint: You don’t present answers. You offer openings. The work starts a conversation; the viewer completes it.