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I used to think AI art was just a fun toy until I saw it mess up a real job
I was working on a small website for a local cafe here in Boise, and they wanted some custom art for their menu page. I figured I'd try one of those new AI image makers to save some time and money. I typed in a really clear prompt for a 'cozy watercolor painting of a latte with a leaf design, soft morning light.' What I got back was this weird, melted-looking cup with what seemed like five handles and a fern growing out of the side. It was totally useless. I mean, it looked fine from far away, but up close it was a mess of wrong details. I had to tell the client I needed another day and ended up paying an actual artist $150 to do it right. That one image made me see that for real work, you still need a real human eye to catch the stuff AI just makes up. Has anyone else had an AI tool fail on a simple, specific task like that?
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finleybutler6mo ago
You just used the wrong tool for the job. That prompt was way too vague for a general image generator. You gotta use the ones trained specifically for product photos or design work. I got a perfect latte image for a flyer last week by using a different service and adding terms like "commercial photography style" and "clean product shot" to the prompt. It's a skill like anything else. You can't just type a pretty sentence and expect a finished product. The client's $150 could have been five bucks and ten minutes of learning how the machine actually sees words.
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stellarivera6mo ago
Yeah, "commercial photography style" is the magic phrase, saved me hours on a flyer last month.
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