Portfolio · 2026

Drex Magica

Monica Lewis-Schmidt

AI Creative Director · Prompt Engineer · Designer of The Cinematic Control System™

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Direction. Consistency. Scale.

Monica Lewis-Schmidt, AI Creative Director and Prompt Engineer

The Creator

Monica Lewis-Schmidt

AI Prompt Engineer and Cinematic Control System designer with 3+ years building structured, repeatable, and commercially scalable prompt methodologies for AI-generated visuals.

Creator of The Cinematic Codex — a 9-element visual prompting curriculum covering subject hierarchy, camera and lens control, lighting discipline, mood architecture, seed management, and output diagnostics.

Former Sony BMG and Universal Music Group recording artist and internationally performing lead soprano. Multilingual across four languages. A performer-trained eye for what reads visually — applied directly to prompt precision and output QA.

  • 9-Element Cinematic Framework

    Subject · Action · Camera & Lens · Composition · Lighting · Environment · Mood · Style · Technical

  • Seed & Character Consistency

    Named characters held across 10+ scene sequences with zero approved drift.

  • Prompt QA & Diagnostics

    Variable isolation, negative-prompt engineering, iterative refinement.

  • Production Pipelines

    Character bibles, expression sheets, palettes, costume callouts, environment boards.

  • Commercial Delivery

    Deutschmann Berlin · style-consistent variants composited in Photoshop.

  • Teachable Methodology

    The Cinematic Codex — 4-module curriculum with training structure & standards.

The Cinematic Control System™

Don't describe the scene. Direct it.

Before · Basic Prompt

"A horrific Knight of Hell, with a halo, appears in the foreground riding a fiery undead steed, an army of menacing undead warriors can be seen in the background, cheering their fearless leader."

  • — Vague and general
  • — No lighting, camera, or mood
  • — Leaves too much to chance

After · Gold Level

Subject
Blackened demonic armor etched with runes, burning halo of fire above his helm.
Action
Riding a fiery undead warhorse rearing up; hell-forged sword raised.
Lighting
High-contrast fiery rim from below, stormy skies, embers and ash.
Camera
Low-angle, wide composition, cinematic depth of field.
Mood
Dark fantasy · epic · ultra-detailed · highly realistic.
Two cinematic gold-level prompt outputs showing the Knight of Hell on a burning steed
Output from the Gold-Level prompt above

★ Structure creates control. Control creates consistency.

Selected Work

The Portfolio

Drex Magica

Original IP · Drexogenesis

Drex Magica

An animated fantasy series and three interconnected original IP properties developed from foundational cosmology through character design, cultural systems, and cinematic visual direction.

Lil Red · The Wolf Witch Heir

Character Pipeline

Lil Red · The Wolf Witch Heir

Production-ready character bibles, expression sheets, palettes, and costume callouts — held consistent across multi-scene Midjourney generation with zero approved drift.

AI-Assisted Concept Visualization

Commercial · Deutschmann Berlin

AI-Assisted Concept Visualization

Style-consistent AI concept variations for commercial client presentations; multiple prompt variants per brief, composited and optimized in Adobe Photoshop.

Experience

Timeline

  1. 2023 — Present

    AI Prompt Engineer & Creator

    Drex Magica / LOFK / Drexogenesis

    • Designed The Cinematic Control System™ across three interconnected original fantasy IP properties.
    • Built The Character Pipeline maintaining visual consistency for named characters across multi-scene generation.
    • Published The Cinematic Codex — a 4-module curriculum with training structure and performance standards.
    • Generated 10k+ monthly Pinterest views; LinkedIn AI-prompting posts consistently outperform account average.
    • Composed and performed an operatic aria in constructed Draakthari language for the Drexogenesis pilot.

  2. 2026 — July 2026

    Project Manager

    Steptoe Publishing · New York

    • Supported creative and operational workflows for Caldecott Medal-winning author Javaka Steptoe.
    • Managed AI-assisted animation development and children's IP with animated series potential.

  3. 2023

    Concept Artist (AI-Assisted Visualization)

    Deutschmann Berlin

    • Style-consistent AI concept variations in Midjourney for commercial client presentations.
    • Multiple prompt variants per brief; composited and optimized final deliverables in Adobe Photoshop.

  4. 2021 — 2022

    IT Help Desk Support L1

    SITEL Group / SYKES Enterprises · Berlin

    • Ticket-based troubleshooting and documentation via Jira Service Desk.
    • Reproducible written resolutions in English, German, and Spanish under time pressure.

Toolset

  • Midjourney
  • Photoshop
  • Premiere Pro
  • Runway ML
  • Higgsfield
  • Seedance 2.0
  • Suno AI
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Canva
  • Audacity
  • Jira

Stage & Recording

A Performer's Eye

A former international soprano. The eye for what reads visually now lives in every prompt.

Education

B.S.B.A., Marketing & Business Management

Franklin University · Magna Cum Laude

Google IT Support Professional Certificate

Languages

English (native) · German (fluent) · Spanish (fluent) · French & Italian (working)

Contact

Begin a conversation

Open to AI prompt engineering, technical art direction, AI creative direction, and original IP collaborations.

drexmagica@gmail.com

monica-lewis-schmidt.lovable.app

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