Paul Trillo – Paul Flores | Cuco – A Love Letter To LA
Warning: This film hijacks retinas.
“This is a psychedelic love letter to Los Angeles that transforms familiar streets into kaleidoscopic dreamscapes. Working with director Paul Trillo and artist Paul Flores, the goal was to bring the city’s energy to life in a surreal journey that bends reality while remaining deeply rooted in Chicano culture. The project reimagines Los Angeles not just as a physical place but as an emotional landscape shaped by memory, nostalgia, and reinvention”A breakthrough in animation by combing traditional 2D animation with the bleeding edge of experimental AI tools. A Love Letter to LA is a collaboration with music artist Cuco. At Asteria, we assembled a team of over 20 people including lead artist Paul Flores, 2D animators from around the world, 3D generalists and AI animators and VFX artists to create a seamless animated visual trip. The goal was to create something that harkened back to the animation from the 90s that grew up with and still love. To create something completely new and nostalgic and hopefully something that transcends the technology itself.
In Paul Trillo’s words, “We believe this hybrid approach is the future of animation.”
Writer & Director: Paul Trillo Original Art: Paul Flores Artist: Cuco Produced by Asteria Producer: Douglas Emerson Project Coordinator: Carley Burgess Studio Manager: Benjamin Michel
– Lead Animator: Eric Foster 2D Animators: Juan Lage, Nicolás Marsá Additional Animation: Mohamed Fadera, Abel Barriga 3D Animation: Oszkar Nosek Compositing: Paul Trillo, Joel Lava, David Craig, Eric Solorio Editorial: David Craig Sound Design: Douglas Emerson
– AI Model Training: Minta Karlsson, Timothy Bielec Generative Ink & Paint: Brad Tucker, Trent Hunter, AI Warper AI Animation & Style Transfer: Brad Tucker, Trent Hunter, AI Warper, Oszkar Nosek, Yasir Masood, Jahmel Reynolds, Noah Miller Production: Asteria Film Co., Hatch Pictures AI Agency: TBA Agency, Rhizome, The Department
– Special Thanks: Eddie Bezalel, Bryn Mooser, Verne Patrick
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Warning: This film hijacks retinas.
“This is a psychedelic love letter to Los Angeles that transforms familiar streets into kaleidoscopic dreamscapes. Working with director Paul Trillo and artist Paul Flores, the goal was to bring the city’s energy to life in a surreal journey that bends reality while remaining deeply rooted in Chicano culture.
The project reimagines Los Angeles not just as a physical place but as an emotional landscape shaped by memory, nostalgia, and reinvention”
A breakthrough in animation by combing traditional 2D animation with the bleeding edge of experimental AI tools. A Love Letter to LA is a collaboration with music artist Cuco. At Asteria, we assembled a team of over 20 people including lead artist Paul Flores, 2D animators from around the world, 3D generalists and AI animators and VFX artists to create a seamless animated visual trip. 
The goal was to create something that harkened back to the animation from the 90s that grew up with and still love. To create something completely new and nostalgic and hopefully something that transcends the technology itself.
In Paul Trillo’s words, “We believe this hybrid approach is the future of animation.”
Writer & Director: Paul Trillo
Original Art: Paul Flores
Artist: Cuco
Produced by Asteria
Producer: Douglas Emerson
Project Coordinator: Carley Burgess
Studio Manager: Benjamin Michel
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Lead Animator: Eric Foster
2D Animators: Juan Lage, Nicolás Marsá
Additional Animation: Mohamed Fadera, Abel Barriga
3D Animation: Oszkar Nosek
Compositing: Paul Trillo, Joel Lava, David Craig, Eric Solorio
Editorial: David Craig
Sound Design: Douglas Emerson
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AI Model Training: Minta Karlsson, Timothy Bielec
Generative Ink & Paint: Brad Tucker, Trent Hunter, AI Warper
AI Animation & Style Transfer: Brad Tucker, Trent Hunter, AI Warper, Oszkar Nosek, Yasir Masood, Jahmel Reynolds, Noah Miller
Production: Asteria Film Co., Hatch Pictures AI
Agency: TBA Agency, Rhizome, The Department
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Special Thanks: Eddie Bezalel, Bryn Mooser, Verne Patrick