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If AI can generate beautiful illustrations in seconds… why would you still draw one yourself? 🤨
I'm currently working on a packaging project that I can't share just yet, but one part of the process stood out: the hero element is a custom vector illustration, drawn by hand from the very first sketch. 🍃
Could AI have generated something similar? Probably.
However, to me, the value sits in the creative decisions behind every line, shape, and detail. That's what gives a brand its own personality and how to keep the design craft still alive.
What part of your creative process should ✨always✨ keep a human touch?
I think you are right about the human touch, especially in illustrations. By the way, thus isamazing!
It would be a nice touch to include the gold lines on the package.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much!
Simply for the love of the game
Indeed
It looks great. AI can help generate illustrations, but it doesn’t replace expertise. A strong result still depends on the designer’s understanding of prompting, composition, and visual design. An experienced designer knows how to guide the AI to achieve a much better outcome.
Exactly!
Good work👏🔥🔥
Thank you so much!
The colors feel soft and calm, while there’s something elegant yet almost primal in the composition. It’s really beautiful.
I appreciate your comment!
Great work
Thank you!
The soul behind the craft shines through always 👌
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Congrats man!
My entry for the Envato × Contra Human by Design challenge.
AI has changed the game and made almost anything possible. But just because you can make anything doesn’t mean you always know what to make.
For this one, I took one simple piece of Envato’s identity, the logo, and pushed it as far as I could with one goal: make a pretty sick ad.
From there, it was a lot of experimenting, prompting, failing, refining, and eventually bringing all those ideas to life using Envato’s AI tools.
The result is my take on Human by Design. AI can give us endless possibilities, but someone still has to come up with the idea and decide where to take it.
100% created using Envato’s AI features.🚀
My entry for the Envato × Contra Human by Design challenge.
AI has changed the game and made almost anything possible. But just because you can make anything doesn’t mean you always know what to make.
For this one, I took one simple piece of Envato’s identity, the logo, and pushed...
Working on a new logo mark for Edection AI.
Which direction do you prefer?
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Right feels more balanced to me at a glance, though I'd want to see both at actual UI scale before committing. What's driving the split for you, legibility at small sizes or just the feel of the mark on its own?