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Here at Grainhouse, this project explored how AI can be integrated into an artist’s workflow without compromising creative integrity. The approach centered on using AI as a supportive tool to enhance existing skills rather than replace them. By starting with hand-drawn sketches and guiding the process with a strong creative vision, the resulting renderings stayed true to the original composition while gaining new depth and polish. This balance reflects our ethos: technology serves the artist, not the other way around.
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My current AI powered workflow as a designer and non native English speaker:
→ I use ChatGPT’s Memory as my operational brain. I fed it my pricing, deliverables and feedback rounds, so when I draft complex client emails, I’m not starting from zero. I edit everything, ✨always✨.
I’m fluent in English, but it helps me catch small grammar or spelling details for extra credibility.
→ When I find myself spending hours 🫠 searching for the perfect packaging mockup I turn to Adobe Firefly to create them. The Nano Banana integration is honestly amazing.
What’s actually working? AI removes admin noise and speeds up exploration although it’s terrible at taste. Strategy and design are still human work.
Which part of your workflow has AI genuinely improved, and which part would you never hand over?
Very thoughtful workflow approach. Curious — what aspect of your process improved the most after structuring memory this way?
Where’s the one-click magic?
Let’s admit it, we all had that expectation that AI would arrive and suddenly everything could be done in one click
That didn’t happen
The narrative that AI would replace creative professions proved to be far from reality. And very toxic
There’s still no universal tool that can do everything I need. So I have a million and one subscriptions, each handling something specific
I’ll explain through my image workflow, since it’s the most illustrative example:
1. Prompt → ChatGPT
2. Generation → Midjourney
3. Upscale → Pixelcut or Magnific
4. Post-processing → Photoshop AI
5. Mockup → Illustrator or Nano Banana
Would I love to avoid all this jumping between tools? Absolutely
Can I skip it and sacrifice quality? No
The tools are powerful, but the magic is still in our creative hands🖤
I've made a tutorial on how I turned a basic video into a half-animated world using CapCut AI Effects with the New Age Art filter.
TUTORIAL:
1. Upload your clip into CapCut
2. Fix the base. I always use the auto adjust to clean up lighting and improve quality first.
3. Go to Effects, then AI Effects, and choose the New Age Art effect. Apply it and let it process fully.
4. Overlay your original video and place it on top.
5. Add a mask so you create a rectangle or any shape in the centre with the real footage. The animated version stays in the background.
You end up with this split reality look. Half real, half animated.
If you try it, add the video in the comments or tag me on your post.
Such a great tutorial 🙌
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