About us

Built by makers.For makers.

AI MAKERS GENERATION started as a reason to get out of the house — two working AI creative professionals in Atlanta who wanted to connect with fellow AI creators. It grew into a community that shares resources, catches up on AI news, and collaborates on the future.

Who we are

Meet the co-founders

Darion D'Anjou

Co-Founder

Darion D'Anjou is an award-winning writer, director, AI creative architect, trainer, and speaker based in Atlanta, and a co-founder of AI MAKERS GENERATION. Through his studio, Darion D'Anjou, he delivers world-class creative and technical solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, Fortune 500 companies, and government organizations — including CNN, Coca-Cola, AT&T Time Warner, HBO, Disney, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Nike, and the CDC. His science-fiction short Pony screened and won awards at festivals in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, London, and Berlin, and his one-take horror short Mommy has drawn over 1.8 million views online. As a visual effects trainer at Digital Domain — the multi-award-winning studio founded by James Cameron — he contributed to Academy Award– and Emmy-nominated productions including Spider-Man: No Way Home, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and HBO's The Last of Us. Darion now serves as a generative AI artist for Meta, where his generations were featured by Mark Zuckerberg during the 2025 debut of Meta Vibes.

Gheri Thomas

Co-Founder

Gheri Thomas is a classically trained fashion illustrator and designer, and a co-founder of AI MAKERS GENERATION. She holds a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she tutored peers in rendering and digital concept creation. Across more than a decade in practice she has spanned illustration, branding, and technical design — creating fashion flats for established brands and custom work for notable clients. Today Gheri blends that traditional foundation with generative AI image tools, merging human craft with machine-generated creativity to make emotionally resonant, distinctive work. Through her studio, the Gheri Thomas Collective, her philosophy is simple: creativity isn't just practiced, it's pushed to its edges. She co-founded AI MAKERS GENERATION to help other artists cross that same bridge — to treat AI not as a threat to their craft, but as a new brush to build with confidently.

What we believe

Build the future. Share the knowledge.

AI is the biggest shift in creative work in a generation — and nobody should have to navigate it alone. AIMG exists so Atlanta's creatives, builders, and career-changers have a room to walk into: Film Bar AI every Tuesday evening, hands-on Workshop Wednesdays twice a month at Georgia Tech ATDC, and an eight-week career cohort for people ready to go all-in.

Everything is beginner-friendly, in person, and honest — no hype, no gatekeeping. Come as you are, bring a laptop, and leave with something you made.

Come meet us

The best introduction is in person.

Film Bar AI is free, every Tuesday, 6–10pm at Halidom Eatery in East Atlanta. Or go all-in with the eight-week Summer Cohort.

Learn About Our Cohorts