SOWAYBEYOND, Design Authority, Artificial Intelligence, Defensible IP

A cinematic studio for modern muses

SOWAYBEYOND is an independent creative studio crafting audio visual worlds that live between the real and the imagined.

Our work blends design, fashion, and original sound into living mythologies, modern muses shaped through light, atmosphere, and emotion.

We are not AI artists; we are designers using AI as an infinite lens. Our creative output is not based on simple prompts, but on deep experience in art direction, anatomy, and lighting hierarchy to shape the generative result into something that feels authentically human.

  • We create characters, shaped by unique worlds and tone.
  • Every image is crafted with advanced AI techniques.
  • Every soundtrack is handmade by humans, not AI.
  • Our focus is mood, story, and sensory realism.

We create cinematic worlds built from sound, story, and imagination.

The Discipline Behind the Dream

Our creative authority is secured through specialised pipelines. We leverage custom AI architecture for absolute control over character and consistency, applying a layer of human artistry to sculpt light and cure any machine imperfections. This entire body of work is anchored by 100% human-composed original soundtrack (OST), ensuring all resulting Intellectual Property is secure and legally distinct

Visual Worlds

From surreal deserts to dreamlike studios, we craft cinematic universes that balance intimacy and scale. Each scene is designed like a frame from an unseen film, where light tells its own story.

Cinematic Muses

Each muse is a living narrative, part fashion, part story, part memory. We shape them with emotion and atmosphere, building experiences that feel deeply human.

Sound Design

Original music and sound composed by Zed Parish form the pulse of every world we create. Each layer is tactile and analog, carrying warmth, texture, and cinematic depth.

The Studio Core

Built for Myth

Beneath the surface of SOWAYBEYOND lies a workstation purpose-built for cinematic creation. It’s not a gaming rig or a render node, it’s a studio instrument, engineered to turn raw imagination into sound and image.

From the alien worlds of Dark Matter Darlings to the fashion models in our SOWAYBEYOND AI Model Agency, this single system composes and renders every cinematic vision, ensuring a balance of precision, silence, and speed for uninterrupted flow.

Technical Core
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5090 Waterforce 32GB
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9550X (16-Core)
  • Cooling: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT
  • Memory: 64GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz
  • Storage: 4TB NVMe (2× Kingston KC3000 / NV3)
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 Gaming X WiFi 7
  • Power: Phanteks AMP GH 1000W Platinum PSU
  • Case: HAVN HS420 VGPU (8× Corsair RS120 ARGB Fans)
  • System: Custom-built by Wired2Fire ↗
Sound for SOWAYBEYOND is produced independently at Zed Parish Studios - the analogue heart and human touch behind our digital worlds.
Creative Intelligence

The AI Model Agency

The SOWAYBEYOND AI Model Agency is a creative studio for next-generation model design and visual storytelling. Each model is crafted through a blend of digital artistry, photographic direction, and AI-assisted techniques, built for cinematic, editorial, and brand collaborations.

The work bridges fine-art sensibility with commercial clarity, creating models that embody personality, mood, and emotion. Whether designed for film, fashion, or immersive media, every figure moves naturally within the SOWAYBEYOND cinematic universe.

Our roster includes emerging AI-assisted models developed exclusively in-house, among them Cherry Zebelle, available for selected partnerships, editorial projects, and concept campaigns seeking something beautifully new.

Learn more about the SOWAYBEYOND AI Model Agency

SOWAYBEYOND Philosophy

Reality is only half the story. The rest, we dream into being.

- SOWAYBEYOND

Beyond the Surface

Dark Matter Darlings

Dark Matter Darlings is a cinematic series of surreal dream sequences exploring seduction, consciousness, and the unseen forces that move through human sleep. An otherworldly intelligence slips quietly between dreams, shaping them into seductive encounters that hover between pleasure and possession.

Each sequence reveals a different Darling, inviting, dangerous, and irresistible, drawing the dreamer helplessly closer. Each short story unfolds through whispered narration and hypnotic rhythm, where meaning bends and logic dissolves. At times it feels like science fiction, at others like dark fantasy or the echo of a half-forgotten nightmare.

In this shifting space, beauty and unease are never far apart. It is never clear whether the Dark Matter Darlings are villains or saints as they seduce each victim, knowing their desires, pulling at the edge of consciousness, until the observer begins to wonder who is truly being seduced.

Dark Matter Darlings is a hypnotic descent into the illogical heart of dreaming, where love, fear, and fascination become indistinguishable.

The world of Dark Matter Darlings is currently deep in development at SOWAYBEYOND Studio. Final cinematic assets and musical scores are being prepared for a debut, anticipated in Q2 2026.

The Inner Circle

The Human Architects.

SOWAYBEYOND
SOWAYBEYOND
The Artist

A human artist operating behind the veil. Choosing to remain anonymous to let the work speak first, SOWAYBEYOND is the visual director and lead architect of the project. This role encompasses designing the entire AI pipeline, curating the aesthetic direction, and creating the definitive visual mythology that binds the SOWAYBEYOND universe.

Zed Parish
Zed Parish
Musical Director & Producer

The sonic identity of the studio. A songwriter and electronic producer with a rich history in the music industry, Zed brings analogue authenticity to the digital realm. His sound is built on 100% human instrumentation, utilizing an SSL mixing desk and a museum-grade collection of analogue synthesisers.

AOS
AOS
Visual Strategy Consultant

A long-standing creative partner and trusted confidant. Having first met at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) ↗, AOS has worked alongside SOWAYBEYOND throughout their career. With a diverse background as a Chief Culture Officer and Visual Director, AOS serves as the studio’s "third eye," ensuring the output retains high-fashion credibility and cinematic truth.