The image above is a quick sketch I drew for the AI project.
I began this journey with a simple prompt.
“I would like an image generated by AI with the following characteristics. A woman in a purple dress throwing a red frisbee to a gray cat at the park. The cat is in the air attempting to catch the red frisbee. The entire image has a style of golden books from the 1950s.”
So far The AI program did really well and representing a 1950s Golden books illustration. The only problem is that it still has a dog in the background. Upon further look it was probably a cat but I asked AI to create another image without the dog in the background.
To my surprise it kept the dog in the background. I have no idea what else is back there. I think it’s some guys in a canoe. I directly asked it to delete the dog and it responded with this message.
“The image created does not include a dog in the background, as per your request. It features a woman in a purple dress throwing a red frisbee, with a gray cat attempting to catch it, and the scene is styled like Golden Books from the 1950s. There are no dogs or other animals in the scene.“
After getting gaslighted by an AI, I decided to ask it to make another image only with trees in the background.
I was optimistic. I wanted to give the AI one more chance so I asked it to generate another image. The frisbee was a little weird and the girl in the picture looks different than the woman we were previously seeing.
It generated two responses and both were hilarious to try to study.
What is that guy in the background doing? Is he even wearing pants?
Now that I have worked with AI for a little bit, my final thoughts are as follows. AI is very fun to work with and I love that I can create an image that looks similar to what I would like, but it’s obvious that AI still has a long way for it to be a final solution for employers. The execution is still not perfect. As I stated before, proportions and depth are still not accurate. It also likes to add elements that you’re not asking for and no matter how much you zone in on the problem, it will keep making new problems. You would still have to generate more images. I feel more secure about my place as a designer after using AI. I do feel that AI is a good tool for anyone who wants to generate ideas for sketches.