From “Black Rainbow” to an Enchanted Stream
It started with a painting, a piece from 2012 called Black Rainbow.
The original work was more emotional than literal: a surge of colour flowing upward through shadow, a movement from heaviness toward light. I didn’t think of it as a landscape, but when I looked at it again years later, I saw something hidden, a current, like a stream rising through sunlight and moss.
That discovery became the seed for my AI cinematic translation.
Step 1: Reinterpreting the Painting
I began by describing what I saw in 2025 rather than what I painted in 2012:
Surface of a glowing turquoise stream, slowly approaching an ancient moss-covered stone bridge surrounded by forest light.
It was a figurative interpretation, turning abstract colour into place and emotional rhythm into motion.
Step 2: Building the Scene in KlingAI
Using KlingAI, I started transforming that description into a living world.
My goal was to preserve the same balance between darkness and radiance that defined the painting. Early generations captured the dense mystery of the forest, while later iterations introduced sunlight, glowing reflections, and more natural colour balance, like adjusting tonal values on canvas.
Step 3: Controlling Light and Mood
Each version became an exercise in light design.
I brightened the core, deepened the left shadows, and directed the beams through the mist. The bridge took shape as the emotional midpoint, a passage between shadow and illumination.
Step 4: Creating Motion with Runway
The final step was bringing everything to life through Runway.
I created a slow camera track under the bridge, following the turquoise creek as it moved at a natural pace, gentle, realistic, like a calm stream.
Sunbeams shifted across the surface, reflections danced, and a sense of quiet discovery emerged, turning the static idea into a cinematic meditation.
Final Video
The finished piece feels like stepping into the painting, crossing a boundary between imagination and space.
Reflection
For me, this project shows how AI can extend the life of traditional art.
A brushstroke can become a current, a colour field can turn into a world, and an emotion can evolve into movement.
“Black Rainbow” began as a static image; now it flows.
