More and more people are experimenting with a growing collection of Artificial Intelligence-based graphics tools. Some of these tools produce stunning images in a variety of artistic styles, leading some to wonder if art directors will generate their own images rather than continue to pay for graphic design services. Neville and Shel discuss the possibilities in this short mid-week episode.

Below are images Shel generated. The left is from Midjourney with a prompt calling for a wizard to wave a wand and create a skyscraper in space. The other is from Dream; the prompt calls for a race car driver on a tricycle on the surface of Mars.

The next monthly, long-form episode of FIR will drop on Monday, August 22. FIR “shorts” — episodes under 15 minutes — will appear once or twice weekly.

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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Shel has started a metaverse-focused Flipboard magazine. Neville’s “asides” blog, Outbox, is also available.

Links from this episode:

• How much should graphic designers worry about DALL-E 2?
• TikTok’s Amazing Text-to-Image AI Backgrounds
• AI Graphics Segment from August 14 episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
• Midjourney
• DALL-E 2
• Craiyon
• Dream (for iOS and Android)

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