The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Back to feedPost
Brand exploration: Flash-realism x Editorial x Y2K style ✨
This was for a pimple patch brand and I did it with Seedream 5 Pro, using Magnific AI.
Note: Had to edit the patches because it would always come out super big 😭
You can get all the prompts I used here!
What do you think?
Hanna Amazing Work😍
Thank you sm Salman! (Is that bad that I think of the actor when I read your name hahaha)
Hahaha, not at all! 😂 I get that a lot. the only thing we have in common is the name I spend my time debugging websites instead of entertaining millions. 😄
Incredible result. The 'Base Prompt' strategy is a massive time saver for consistency. I really appreciate you providing transparency into your workflow. It’s incredibly insightful to see how you structure these for different subjects. It feels a lot like building a web project,...
Thanks for your comment Edward! And yes its very similar to the process of building a web project indeed! Nice analogy haha 🤝
The lighting and skin texture here genuinely reads as shot-on-film, I had to double check these were AI. That patches-coming-out-oversized bug is funny, did fixing it end up being a prompt tweak or manual editing per image?
Thanks for your comment! Edited them on photoshop! Maybe I couldve use a built-in functionnality to edit through the tool (Magnific AI) itself but ugh I'm too old for this 💀
This is so nicee
Thanks sm Shariar!
The flash photography style works really well for this concept. It gives the brand a lot of personality.
thank you Deborah!
Flash realism meets Y2K for a pimple patch brand is such a specific and committed direction, and it completely works. The casting and energy in these shots make it feel like a real campaign rather than a prompt test.
This was my goal!! thank you so much!
The images look so real, good generations hanna
Thank you Mariyam 😍
Grate work
This deserves more than just liking, this deserves to be featured! 🏆 That editorial aesthetic would translate beautifully into a high-end web layout.
You can upgoat it in the meantime 👀 haha thanks!
This is so nice
The flash photography look sells the Y2K reference way more convincingly than a filter would, that slightly overexposed skin and hard shadow is such a specific era signal. Smart to flag the patch sizing issue too, that's the kind of thing that would've slipped through if you were just picking the prettiest generation.
Yeah also cause flash doesn't forgive any skin imperfection haha. And yes AI gen is not perfect!!
This looks clean and well thought out. How long did it take you to bring everything together?
About 2 hours (taking my time and do 567163 other things in the meantime 😂)
ohh great😂
This looks amazing!! Great work and thanks for sharing your prompts :)
You're very welcome, use them well!!!
Look clean!
Thanks sm Abdulazeez!!
you nailed it
I really like Art Direction here
It looks beautiful
The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Trending
retrofuturism
Share your favorite designs from the past exploring the distant future. Or your own take on the aesthetic 🚀
halftone
Dots. Texture. Grain. Let's see your designs using the halftone technique.
Midjourney
Creatives are showing off what they're making with Midjourney.
colorgrade
Video editors sound off: How do you enhance the mood of your video in color grading?
Related posts
I’m leaning 1. The stronger product focus makes the watch feel more distinctive and instantly grabs attention.
Should the site wear the product's color, or step away from it?
Same chair, two backgrounds. That one decision changes what the page is for.
01 - Tone on tone. The background borrows the product's hue. Edges soften, everything reads as one material. Mood over clarity, perfect for editorial stories and lookbooks.
02 - Contrast. Pull the background far away in lightness and the silhouette snaps into focus. Clarity over mood, built for product pages and launch heroes.
Neither is "better". One sets atmosphere, the other sells the object.
Which side do you reach for first when you start a page?
71 voted
59%
50 voted
41%
121 votes
Closed
I created this LUMÉA SKIN campaign as a premium skincare advertising and art-direction project, focused on creating a cohesive luxury beauty identity across multiple campaign visuals.
I developed a collection of sophisticated product advertisements featuring skincare products, editorial compositions, refined typography, soft studio lighting, elegant color palettes, and high-end product photography aesthetics. I also created portfolio mockups to showcase how the campaign could be presented across social media and luxury editorial formats.
The goal was to combine AI-generated visuals with professional advertising design principles to create campaign assets that feel polished, premium, and commercially ready for beauty and skincare brands.
This feels so premium and beautifully art-directed! 🔥 The soft lighting, refined compositions, and typography work together perfectly, Love how you’ve turned AI-generated visuals into a campaign that feels polished and genuinely commercial. 🤍