AI Lab | Christopher Lee Sauvé

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CLINICALLY PROVEN, SEEN IT., House of Extinction

My AI lab, where I test what these tools can do for beauty and fashion. I write, cast, direct and edit every film. Some are my own series, some are concepts for brands, and some ran.

Original seriesMade with AI tools

CLINICALLY PROVEN

I take every beauty claim literally, then sell it like it’s 1993.

Ep. 01, 02 and 04, back to backTap for sound

The case study →

Original seriesMade with AI tools

SEEN IT.

I cast impossible characters in ordinary New York lives. New York doesn’t react.

Season OneTap for sound

The case study →How it’s made →

Client, produced2025/26

Maybelline New York

Freelance creative director at Gotham and McCann. I came up with the ideas, then used AI to show them before a single frame was shot.

Final film, 2025Tap for sound

The case study →

Original seriesMade with AI tools

House of Extinction

I cast six supermodel drag queen dinosaurs, then quietly remind them every episode that they’re extinct.

Season 1, the trailerTap for sound

Tyra Saurus Rex, the house mother, in a cobalt skeleton gown, posing in front of a T. rex skeleton in a pastel museum hall — Tyra Saurus Rex

Linda Evangelisaurus in powder pink with pearls wound up her neck, at a pastel planetarium with puppets in the seats — Linda Evangelisaurus

Kate Mosasaurus in a wet slip dress, lounging in a clawfoot tub in front of cardboard waves — Kate Mosasaurus

Cindy Crawfossil, a triceratops in lacquer red with a rhinestone frill, at the dinner table — Cindy Crawfossil

Terri Dactyl, a pterodactyl with a red beak, her wings a pleated white couture cape, above the bookshelf — Terri Dactyl

Velocirapture in violet latex and feathers, draped across a television set — Velocirapture

Original seriesMade with AI tools

Mirror Mind

A lost late night tape that hypnotizes you into being beautiful. Before the film, the zine, with my lettering and paint over every page.

No. 58

No. 143

No. 193

Couture II, 05

The zine →See it move →

My ownEditorial

Do Not Disturb

Los Angeles, after the work is done. A week of recovery in sun-bleached Kodachrome, with the lettering set right on the pictures. Made with AI tools.

CHECK IN: arriving at the hotel in a camel coat, bandaged, big sunglasses — Check in, Do Not Disturb, Check out, After hours

DO NOT DISTURB: a bandaged face, black sunglasses and red lips by a pool — Check in, Do Not Disturb, Check out, After hours

My ownEditorial

Ombre

1980s Paris designer ads in black and white. The models hold the pose. Their shadows don’t. Made with AI tools.

The filmTap for sound

Five models seated in a row while their shadows dance above them — The pose

A woman in cat-eye sunglasses, her shadow without them — The pose

My ownFashion film

Haute Carton

Paris, 1962. A couture house in handmade cardboard masks: sun rays, crescent moons, spirals, even the poodle. Made with AI tools.

A model in black lace seated in a Paris salon, her kraft bag mask crowned with cardboard sun rays

A man in a dark suit wearing a cardboard mask with a halo of rays, its shadow on the paneled wall

A couple dancing in the salon, her mask a cardboard flower, his a crescent moon with a keyhole mouth — The maison

A woman in a pale coat descending a spiral staircase in a crescent moon and spiral cardboard mask — The maison

My own2026

Collage portraits

Collage portraits made with AI image tools. The same eye, a new pair of scissors.

AI collage portrait: a man in a white shirt with spiral target eyes, over a grid of planets, stars and black and white patterns

AI collage portrait: a woman in tortoiseshell glasses and a pinstripe jacket over a wall of labeled diagrams and a yellow legal pad

AI collage portrait: a man in a leather jacket and dollar sign glasses over a grid of pop icons, a yellow pocket square

AI collage portrait: a man in a black turtleneck, a strip of printed type over his mouth, a yellow block on his chest, over alphabet charts

AI collage portrait: a man in a tuxedo and red bow tie, music notes over his eyes, over a grid of drawn plants and roots

The Studio page →

My ownImage series

Rebel Yell

Downtown New York the way I picture it, from the East Village stoop to the back of the limo. Made with AI image tools.

Black and white: a woman in a black bodysuit, blazer and sunglasses, hands on her hips in a mirrored elevator, a man in a tuxedo seated below — The elevator

Black and white: the couple in the back of a limousine, she smokes in sunglasses and gloves — The limo

Black and white: she steps out of a limousine in a fur coat with a poodle on a lead, a chauffeur holding an umbrella in the rain — The poodle

Black and white: she stands on a skyscraper ledge in a bodysuit and heels, the man sitting on the edge beside her, Manhattan below — The ledge

Black and white: two people in black leather in a vintage car on a cobbled street at dusk — The car

ClientConcept

RW&CO

I drew the RW&CO cast in marker in 2020. In 2026 I brought my own drawings to life with AI.

2020, line → 2020, color → 2026, AI · Concept

The case study →

ClientConcept

La Mer

Crème de la Mer’s origin story as a world. Above the waterline the jar is a mountain. Below it, an iceberg.

The case study →

CLINICALLY PROVEN, SEEN IT., House of Extinction and Mirror Mind are my own series, and the collage portraits and Rebel Yell are my own. Everything marked Concept is a concept.