Notlith · Providence
AI video production in Providence: a graphic novel trailer for Comic Con weekend
Rhode Island Comic Con returns to the convention center and the Amica Mutual Pavilion in early November, and for an independent publisher or a creator working out of a Providence studio, it is the weekend to put a new graphic novel in front of readers. Notlith makes the trailer with AI, remotely, from the artist's finished pages, layered files and lettering, never from a model's idea of their style.
Remote production · From your photos
A reader with a tote bag and a limited budget
Over the convention weekend, a reader walks aisle after aisle of tables and buys a few books. Some will have seen your trailer on their phone the week before and come looking for your table by name. The film has one job: make the first page impossible to forget.
So the trailer is built on a single sequence from the book, not a summary of the plot. Imagine a story set in Fox Point, its opening panels following a character down to the river at night. Six or seven panels, slowly brought to life, and then the cover, the table number and the date.
The artist's line is never redrawn
Readers buy a graphic novel for the hand that drew it. A model asked to imitate that hand produces something close but wrong, and an attentive fan sees it at once. We work only from the artist's own layered files: foreground figures, backgrounds, color flats and lettering kept separate.
AI helps with movement between those layers: a slow push into a panel, rain added over the artist's sky, a background extended slightly so a 9:16 frame does not crop a face. Every generated extension is shown to the artist, who can reject it. Nothing new is drawn in their name.
Your characters only, nobody else's
A convention trailer can be tempted to borrow: a familiar superhero silhouette in a crowd, a famous studio's color palette, a cameo nobody licensed. We leave all of that out. The trailer features only characters, logos and text that you or your publisher own or have cleared.
The same rule applies to people. We do not generate cosplayers, celebrity guests or crowds from the show floor. If you want the convention's atmosphere, your own photographs from earlier years can appear, with consent from anyone recognizable.
Before the doors open and after the last sketch
Two weeks before the convention, a vertical cut with your table location goes to social media and your newsletter. On the day, a silent loop runs on a tablet at your table, readable without sound in a noisy hall.
After the weekend, the same master becomes the trailer for your crowdfunding page or your shop listing, with the convention details removed. A short end card states which motion was AI-assisted, which matters in a community that cares about how art is made.
Catalog demonstration
See the production approach
English, adaptable to your language
Plan the details
Will the AI learn or copy the artist's style?
We do not train models on your artwork or generate new drawings in your style. AI is used only to add motion and limited extensions to pages the artist has approved.
What files do we need to send?
Layered page files where possible, the cover, the lettering and the logo. Flattened pages can work, but they limit how much depth we can add.
Can the trailer include music?
Yes. We use licensed music or an original sound design, and the usage terms are set out in the quote before production starts.
Can we reuse the trailer for the next volume?
Yes. The structure and title cards can be reused, with new panels from the next book, so the series keeps a consistent identity.
Start with your images
Send us the layered files for the opening pages, the cover and your table details for the convention.