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AI-generated close-up portrait focusing on skin detail, freckles, and natural texture. Created with Flux and Nano Banana.
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Partnered with Envato and Contra on this one. Envato is running a $50k creative challenge called Human By Design, and I made a short video breaking down what it is and why it's worth entering.
The brief: use Envato's stock assets and AI tools to build a creative project, then show the human decisions that shaped it. Not just the final render, the judgment calls along the way.
You get a free month of Envato Plus just for entering. If you've been looking for a reason to ship something and potentially get paid for it, this is a good one.
#EnvatoChallenge #HumanByDesign #AIVideo #MotionDesign #Envato #Contra
Let's go! 🌟
The texture contrast between the rough concrete-looking stone and the delicate flowers trapped in glass is really striking. What was the prompt direction that got Flux to nail that stone texture, was it a lot of iteration or did it click early?
A successful business shouldn't lose time to successful growth.
That's exactly what happened to Riley Taylor Tattoo Studio.
My lifelong friend Andrea and her partner Fernando have built an incredible reputation. More clients meant more inquiries, more consultations, more bookings—and more time spent answering the same questions, collecting reference images, coordinating appointments, and managing conversations across Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, email, and phone.
I built Riley Taylor Studio OS—a complete operating system for the studio.
Instead of scattered conversations, every client now follows one structured journey:
• Discover the studio through a modern, mobile-first website.
• Submit a detailed consultation instead of endless message threads.
• Receive confirmations, reminders, booking updates, and aftercare automatically.
• Track the entire process through a dedicated client portal.
• Get instant answers from an AI Studio Concierge before waiting for a human response.
On the studio side, the transformation is even bigger.
Instead of manually piecing together conversations from multiple platforms, every request arrives in one dashboard, already organized and ready for review. AI summarizes consultations, artists prepare quotes, manage bookings, update request status, and keep everything moving from a single Studio OS.
The result isn't just a better website.
It's fewer repetitive conversations.
Less administration.
Better communication.
A smoother client experience.
And, most importantly, more time for Andrea and Fernando to do what they love: create incredible tattoos.
This is exactly why I love building software—not because technology is exciting, but because the right system quietly gives people their time back.
Explore the live project:
🌐 https://rileytaylor.tattoo
There are still 4 days left to join the challenge:
👉 https://on.contra.com/PBPbwH
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jelenastricak_giveitaglow-base44giveitaglowchallenge-activity-7480876494781685760-SfVj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACmlhzEBkf_rFZaNY8RuL4ZabiQvNBMNVBw
X: https://x.com/jstricak/status/2075112310176174544?s=20
Project Note
Riley Taylor Tattoo Studio is a real local business. This project was built with the owners' collaboration and permission specifically for this challenge. All tattoos, paintings, and artwork shown belong to Andrea and Fernando of Riley Taylor Tattoo Studio. Client demonstrations use fictional data to protect privacy.
#GiveItAGlow
This is premium at it's finest, love the mouse hover color saturation touch!
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