Portfolio · 2026
Monica Lewis-Schmidt
Writing & Publishing · Ebooks, business and technical writing, ghostwriting and content strategy, connected to AI Production Systems built on The Cinematic Control System™
Profile
The Creator
Writer and publisher (M. D. Lewis) developing ebooks, business, educational and technical writing, and complete publications from concept to finished product. The second pillar is AI production: as designer of the Cinematic Control System, with 3+ years building structured, repeatable, and commercially scalable prompt methodologies for AI-generated visuals.
Creator of The Cinematic Codex - a 9-element visual prompting curriculum covering subject hierarchy, camera and lens control, lighting discipline, mood architecture, seed management, and output diagnostics.
Former Sony BMG and Universal Music Group recording artist and internationally performing lead soprano. Multilingual across four languages. A performer-trained eye for what reads visually - applied directly to prompt precision and output QA.
Subject · Action · Camera & Lens · Composition · Lighting · Environment · Mood · Style · Technical
Named characters held across 10+ scene sequences with controlled creative consistency.
Variable isolation, negative-prompt engineering, iterative refinement.
Character bibles, expression sheets, palettes, costume callouts, environment boards.
Deutschmann Berlin · style-consistent variants composited in Photoshop.
The Cinematic Codex - 4-module curriculum with training structure & standards.
The Cinematic Control System™
Before · Basic Prompt
"A horrific Knight of Hell, with a halo, appears in the foreground riding a fiery undead steed, an army of menacing undead warriors can be seen in the background, cheering their fearless leader."
After · Gold Level
★ Structure creates control. Control creates consistency.
Drex Magica Presents
A beginner-friendly guide for creators, business owners, and teams who want to use generative AI with greater confidence, clarity, and control.
Learn how to choose useful AI tools, write clearer instructions, improve your results, and build practical AI processes you can repeat.
Selected Work
Writing & Publishing Services
Every cover below was written, structured and produced by M D Lewis. Drex Magica offers the same craft as a service: ebook development, business and technical writing, ghostwriting, content strategy, and book concepts with publishing support.
Project scope and fees are provided privately after an initial review.
Original IP · Drexogenesis
An animated fantasy series and three interconnected original IP properties developed from foundational cosmology through character design, cultural systems, and cinematic visual direction.
Character Pipeline
Production-ready character bibles, expression sheets, palettes, and costume callouts - held consistent across multi-scene Midjourney generation with controlled creative consistency.
Experience
2023 - Present
Drex Magica / LOFK / Drexogenesis
Through July 2026
Steptoe Publishing · New York
2023
Deutschmann Berlin
2021 - 2022
SITEL Group / SYKES Enterprises · Berlin
Toolset
Stage & Recording
A former international soprano. The eye for what reads visually now lives in every prompt.
All Rise - Wynton Marsalis / Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Soprano Soloist, under Claudio Abbado)
Porgy and Bess (under Andrew Litton and Wayne Marshall)
Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle)
Recording Artist - Mizmoni / Monica Lewis-Schmidt
Pro7 / Sat.1
Television & Film Credits
Education
B.S.B.A., Marketing & Business Management
Franklin University · Magna Cum Laude
Google IT Support Professional Certificate
Languages
English (native) · German (fluent) · Spanish (fluent) · French & Italian (working)
Contact
Open to ebook development, articles, business and technical writing, ghostwriting, and AI production systems and creative direction.