Designing with Gen AI: Thanks to ChatGPT, anyone can generate a nice visual today, but creating a differentiated visual requires human thinking, patience, and basic knowledge of various tools.
Here’s how I created this movie poster:
Thinking: I wake up between 5-6am daily and usually spend the first few hours reading and thinking. Today, I had the thought of making movie posters to depict the AI future. “Hmm, definitely more interesting than sharing some lifehack, but LinkedIn will probably reduce my views. Whatever, let’s do it!”
Patience: I went straight to ChatGPT to generate the visual. It took about six tries to get the image right. That’s about 30 minutes of prompting and waiting. The early visuals had fierce-looking robots and distorted perspectives. I toned things down by applying a “Disney” look and adding a rounded table. Don’t ask me how I know these tricks, it’s mostly guesswork!
Basic knowledge of apps: I didn’t like the generic typeface that ChatGPT provided, so I edited the final visual in Adobe Photoshop Web. I removed the original headline and the yellow cast common to ChatGPT images.
Thinking: The original headline was “Humans Are Optional”. I didn’t really like it, so I gave the working visual to ChatGPT to ask for more title suggestions. I didn’t like the suggestions like “404: Humans Not Found”, but I thought I could adapt it to “Humans Not Included”, a reference to “Batteries Not Included”. So that was the final touch the poster needed.
There’s a lot of negativity about how Gen AI can reduce critical thinking and make people lazy. It’s true and it’s happening, but I want to show you a better way to use Gen AI. If you use Gen AI as a partner rather than a crutch, you can be more creative than ever and create things you never imagined doing. But don’t expect to create something unique in a few minutes, it can take a few hours even if you know the tools well.
Try using ChatGPT to design your own movie poster today (it doesn’t have to be dystopian!) and share it with your friends!