I think AI changes HOW we create, but not WHY we create. The tools are evolving incredibly fast, ...

I think AI changes HOW we create, but not WHY we create. The tools are evolving incredibly fast, ...I think AI changes HOW we create, but not WHY we create. The tools are evolving incredibly fast, ...

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Daiana Vlasova

• 1d

I think AI changes HOW we create, but not WHY we create. The tools are evolving incredibly fast, but taste, creative direction and storytelling still come from people. That’s what makes the difference for me.

I work with AI visual storytelling, and I’ve realized that the prompt is only a small part of the process. The real work is building a concept, defining the mood, selecting the strongest visuals and shaping a coherent story. AI speeds up execution, but creative vision is still human.

Great work!☘️🤍

Anita Autorino

max

• Aug 4

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...

Asif Aleem

pro

• 11h

This matches my experience. The part AI has not touched is the editing. It hands you twenty near-right options and the real craft is knowing which one serves the story and cutting the other nineteen. Taste has quietly become a subtractive skill.

Daiana Vlasova

• 8h

I love the way you described it as a subtractive skill. It really resonates with what I've been discovering while developing conceptual fashion and beauty projects. AI can generate countless beautiful visuals, but choosing the ones that truly serve the story—and knowing what to...

Fahad Bin Qaiser

• 1d

Ai got good somehow

Siddharth Kharwar

pro

• 1d

True

Favour Jacob

• 20h

Totally agree with this

Daiana Vlasova

• 8h

Thank u!

MD SAIMON

• 8h

Wow nice

Godwin John

pro

• 8h

the process is where the gains are at

Daiana Vlasova

• 8h

yeah, exactly

Nazar Koliano

pro

• 2h

prompt is the easy part tbh

Stacy · Heed Collective

pro

• Jul 31

Can the same prompt start feeling like you? 🥸

I'm not a fan of long, super-specific prompts, and much more interested in building systems where my vision lives naturally in every single image. So I'm pretty picky about creating personal styles for each of my projects

Sometimes one sref is enough, sometimes it takes a combination of a few, and sometimes I need a whole moodboard

Personalization used to feel like the most inconvenient option because I had to go through hundreds of image pairs, which took me daaaays. But apparently the whole thing has been redesigned in 8.2 and now all the images are shown in one even grid, and you need to choose waaaay fewer to get a really good result!

So in case you've been avoiding Midjourney personalization too, you can probably stop now 🎉

✦ In the video: my style for aftrglo compared to the default generations Love it sooo much, my current favorite❤️‍🔥

Drop a prompt in the comments (even one word hehe) and I'll send you the image it creates🙌

Midjourney AI Art Art Direction

Maty Sandoval

max

• Jul 31

The 8.2 grid change sounds like a genuine quality of life fix, hundreds of pairs down to one grid. Curious what tips you off that a single sref isn't going to cut it and you need the whole moodboard instead, is that decided project by project or do certain aesthetics just always need more scaffolding?

Victor Adebayo

• Jul 31

Here is my submission for the challenge #easylenscontra I wanted to create an effect that makes people feel like they're discovering a hidden world within their everyday surroundings. The concept started with the idea of reality cracking open like glass, revealing magical dimensions beneath it. I focused on making the transformation feel cinematic and immersive by combining natural crack propagation, dynamic lighting, depth-aware effects, and seamless looping to create a smooth, believable experience. my project link: https://easylens.snapchat.com/lens/06a6c97f-758d-7b25-8000-c7b8b27dd652