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I used to think AI art was just a gimmick, then I tried Midjourney for a logo project
I was pretty skeptical about AI image generators for a long time. Figured they just made weird looking stuff with too many fingers. But last month I needed a quick logo concept for a side project and didn't want to pay a designer $200. I gave Midjourney a try and in about 15 prompts I had something that actually looked professional. Tweaked the colors and text in Canva after and it was done in an hour. Still feels a little like cheating but the results speak for themselves. Anyone else had a similar moment where AI tools surprised you?
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richard_dixon1mo ago
Read a blog post last week from a designer who said he uses AI for rough drafts now. Got his initial ideas down in minutes instead of hours. Kinda makes sense if you think of it like a fancy sketch tool.
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hannahs451mo ago
Right, because nothing says "professional brand identity" like a robot that thinks a human should have six fingers and a dog with three legs. I kid, I kid. But honestly, that's kind of the joke, isn't it? You're basically asking a computer to guess what a logo looks like, and somehow it spits out something better than the last freelance designer you hired who charged you $200 for a clipart wolf. I bet your logo started with a prompt like "modern tech startup, blue and green, no weird hands" and it still managed to give you a tree with seven roots. Hey, at least you didn't have to explain what "vibes" meant to a human being.
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kai_park1mo ago
Pretty much agree with what @richard_dixon said. The trick is treating it like a sketch tool, not a replacement for the real thing.
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