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I built a merch line for six World Cup teams in one afternoon.

Just a clear creative vision and a workflow.

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The concept

One jersey. Six countries. One afternoon.

This started as a simple question: could I design an entire merch line — one jersey per World Cup nation — fast enough to be relevant while the tournament is actually happening?

Each jersey is an original design. Not a licensed replica, not a knockoff. The treatment is the same across all of them: a retro 90s silhouette, a halftone flame graphic rising from the hem, and each country's federation-style shield crest on the chest.

The color story does the national storytelling. The structure stays the same jersey every time. That consistency is what makes the workflow fast.

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Countries. One afternoon.
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Tools. Zero studio.
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Photoshop. Zero Illustrator.
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The stack

Five tools. Nothing else.

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MidJourney V8.1
Jersey design and product flat-lay renders. Where the creative direction lives.
02
Nano Banana Pro
Character and lifestyle still images inside Higgsfield. Jersey on a person in a real scene.
03
Seedance 2.0
Video generation inside Higgsfield. The wardrobe-swap sequence that makes it move.
04
Final Cut Pro
Edit, voiceover, assembly. Six clips cut together in under an hour.
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ElevenLabs
Optional AI voiceover if you don't want to record your own. We recorded ours.
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That's it.
No Photoshop. No Illustrator. No studio.
Step by step

The workflow — exactly how we did it.

1
MidJourney V8.1

Design the jersey — one country first.

Don't try to generate all nine at once. Get one jersey dialed in (our first one was the USA version) before you build the full grid. The prompt structure stays identical for every country. Only the color story and crest description swap out.

The halftone dither description needs to be specific: "fine dot pattern, denser at the base, fading toward the flame tips." The word "gradient" alone won't get you there. And name your exact red — "true cardinal red, not brick or terracotta" — because the halftone mutes whatever you specify, so start brighter than you think you need.

Add to your negative prompt: --no words, lettering, typography — this stops the model from rendering text inside the design, which it will try to do every time.
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Nano Banana Pro — Higgsfield

Put the jersey on a person in a real scene.

The flat-lay is the product render. But the content that stops the scroll needs a person wearing it in a real environment. That's where Nano Banana Pro earns its place.

Upload your jersey render as one reference element. Upload your character or person reference as a second element. Drop both element placeholders into a single prompt — the model combines them into one cohesive image.

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Seedance 2.0 — Higgsfield

Animate it. One clip per jersey.

Seedance 2.0 accepts one reference image per generation in this interface — so the wardrobe-swap sequence in the video is six separate clips cut together in Final Cut, not one continuous generation.

Each clip uses the poolside lifestyle image as the start frame. The jersey image is the second reference. Same prompt across all six — same scene, same character, same lighting — jersey swapped each time.

Critical detail: Tell the model explicitly when to stop talking. "He does not speak again after his line ends — mouth closed, natural expression only" is the line that stopped the model from generating gibberish after the dialogue. Without it, it will keep moving the mouth.
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Final Cut Pro

Assemble. Lay your VO. Cut to the beat.

Bring in all six clips. Cut on the rhythm of the voiceover line — one jersey per phrase. Add your own VO track. Add a Foley layer for the fabric-snap sound on each cut if you want that tactile punch. Color grade to taste.

Total edit time: under an hour.

The prompts

Copy everything.

These are the exact prompts we used. Swap the country details and run them yourself.

MidJourney V8.1 — Single Jersey Study (USA)
Front and back view of a single retro football jersey, side by side, photographed on a pure white background, 50mm lens, studio softbox lighting, perfectly even and sharp, no shadows, ultra-detailed knit fabric texture. Jersey is an original standalone design — NOT a replica — drawing from vintage 1990s and 2000s USA football kit culture. Boxy oversized crop silhouette, heavyweight premium garment, short sleeves, relaxed drop shoulder fit. V-neck collar in navy with a double-stripe trim in true red and white running around the collar edge and cuffs. The jersey body is off-white/cream. On both the left and right sides of the torso, large bold flame shapes rise from the hem upward toward the shoulders in true cardinal red — NOT brick, NOT terracotta — sharp, graphic tongues of flame with pointed tips, mirrored on each side, front and back. Fine halftone dot dither, denser at the base near the hem, gradually thinning toward the flame tips so the red fades into the cream base — vintage screen-print texture. Centered on the chest, small and modest in scale, an original heraldic crest in the style of a vintage 1990s US Soccer federation badge — a shield shape with a navy field of stars at the top and red and white stripes below, no text or lettering. The crest looks embroidered into the fabric. 8K detail, perfectly steamed fabric, no wrinkles. --ar 16:9 --s 80 --q 2 --raw --c 0 --no plastic texture, wrinkles, mannequin, person, shadows, watermark, text overlay, words, lettering, typography
Nano Banana Pro — Lifestyle Scene
The woman from @image_1, standing confidently on a soccer field, centered in frame, looking directly into the camera. She's dressed in casual editorial styling — jeans and a simple top, relaxed stance, one hand resting at her hip. Behind her, a soccer goal post spans the frame, its net used as a clothesline — six retro football jerseys are clipped to the net with wooden clothespins, hanging at slightly varied heights: the cream USA jersey with red halftone flame waves and star-shield crest, the yellow-and-green Brazil jersey, the white-and-red Spain jersey, the white-and-navy Japan jersey, the cream-and-sky-blue Argentina jersey, and the white-navy-and-red France jersey — all visible and evenly spaced across the net. The field is lush green grass, slightly worn like a real pitch. Vibrant blue sky overhead with scattered white clouds, bright natural daylight, soft directional sunlight casting gentle shadows. Editorial lifestyle photography, shot on 35mm, photorealistic, shallow depth of field with the jerseys and goal slightly softer than the woman in focus, 8K detail.
Seedance 2.0 — Hero Clip
No music. The scene from @image_1 — a man and woman lounging together at a sun-drenched rooftop pool, golden daylight. The man, wearing the USA jersey, looks directly into the camera with a relaxed, confident expression and speaks: "I built an entire merch line for each of the World Cup teams using AI and did it incredibly fast using this workflow." As he finishes his line, a hard cut-on-action instantly swaps his jersey to the Argentina jersey from @image_2 — no visible transition, just an instant cut. His pose, expression, lighting, and background remain identical. He does not speak again — no further dialogue, mouth closed. A hand enters frame from off-screen holding a glass of iced tea. He accepts it, takes a slow sip, leans back, closes his eyes, exhales. The woman behind him turns her head to look directly into the camera. She delivers her line with bright, playful energy: "Let me show you exactly how." Camera holds a steady medium shot throughout. Natural daylight, photorealistic, 8K detail. Audio: ambient poolside sound — distant pool splashes, light breeze. No music, no score.
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