AI Design Tools: Do They Truly Capture Your Unique Aesthetic?

AI Design Tools: Do They Truly Capture Your Unique Aesthetic?AI Design Tools: Do They Truly Capture Your Unique Aesthetic?

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pro

• 16h

Can an AI tool understand your aesthetic or just simulate it?

I fed Google Stitch one prompt. No code. No Figma.

Full dark UI. Filterable gallery. Cyber-brutalist system. Mobile-responsive. Figma export. One shot.

~70% of my vision. But the soul wasn't there.

I had to push it: → "More chaotic" → "Denser. Less whitespace." → "Typography more system-like."

Iteration requires taste. Taste isn't in the prompt.

Stitch is a validated idea machine. The Figma export alone is worth it for MVPs.

But the freelancers who win? The ones who know exactly what to ask and why.

The prompt is the brief. Write it like one.

googlestitch vibedesigning

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pro

• 16h

Here the full prompt:

Build a visually striking interactive gallery web app for showcasing experimental poster designs in a cyberpunk, maximalist, brutalist style.

The interface should feel like a surveillance system / AI scanning environment, not a clean modern portfolio.

Core...

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pro

• 16h

Design direction:

Brutalist layout: raw grids, asymmetry, sharp edges

Maximalist visuals: layered textures, noise, scanlines, glitch effects

Cyber aesthetic: neon blues, purples, high contrast, black backgrounds

Typography: small, technical, system-like labels (like “scan complete”,...

Jelmer Hoekstra

max

• 4h

Wauw interesting!

Akin Gundogan

• 13m

Wow, obviously design is awesome but I also liked what you're saying in the post "The prompt is the brief. Write it like one." that summarizes your approach!

Anita Autorino

max

• Mar 25

If AI tools can get your designs and ideas 70% of the way there, where does your value sit in the remaining 30%? 🤔

I gave two AI tools the exact same prompt and the results were closer than I expected.

I tested Google Stitch using my Anything Hackathon prompt, even added a reference image, while it did not use it directly, the style and color direction were surprisingly aligned.

First impression, it is fast! 🚀

The output looks solid at a glance, but once you start being nitpicky, you notice that hierarchy needs refinement and some spacing decisions feel slightly off.

I think it is a strong starting point but not a final solution.

Any thoughts?

googlestitch vibedesigning Anything

Daniel G Bright

max

• Mar 26

Yeah, we're not right there yet. It's great to generate ideas, but I don't think it's still possible to ship something that I am fully proud of using only those tools.