Greetings all,
I hope you’re well as you read this post. Over the last month, I found myself in need of a graphic concept in my mind that I wanted manifested. I saw it as clear as day and new exactly how I wanted it’s output to look. Instead of using a generative AI tool to accomplish this, I decided to go old school and “prompt engineer” a human graphics designer to “create” the final product.
While this took time and effort, as well as a few iterations, what I enjoyed (as I always have) is the approach of human-to-human collaboration. That approach, while it didn’t provide the convenience of using a generative AI tool, provided a few things that you don’t get doing the former, such as:
- Some cool, sometimes funny, banter along the way.
- Suggestions from the designer’s actual experienced skill set that AI may not have given
- The fact that I can credit the designer directly in all forms of distribution of, and reference to, the final product
- The fact that I can paythe designer for providing the final product.
In general, the whole experience of taking that later route makes the entire result worthwhile versus the quicker route using a generative AI tool. For the record, I have seen one particular genAI artist who I am very impressed with and I think the reason why is because said artist combines prior AI design skillsets with whatever it is Midjourney can do. The results are a certain type of graphics theme that I really like. I bring this up because there has been deep and continual discussion about the prevalence of AI flyers that ALL pretty much look the same in terms of color selection (usually red, gold, and purple font colors), edgy fonts, black background, common use of the same icons, and (what appears to me to be) total disregard for design space and arrangement,
Anyway, more random thoughts on generative AI that apply directly to the use of such for music production, in which the tech applicabliity of such has been a passion of mine since the early 90s.
Be well…
Oceans of rhythm…
Fresh!
