AI Image Generation

A beginner-friendly tour of AI image tools: how they turn words into pictures, how to prompt them well, how to iterate toward a finished result, and how to stay on the right side of rights and ethics.

Rights, ethics & safe use

Using AI images responsibly AI images are fun to make, but publishing them carries real-world responsibilities. A picture that is fine for a private brainstorm may not be fine on a product page or in an ad. A few durable principles keep you safe. Rights and commercial use differ by tool Every tool has its […]

Where AI images belong, and where they do not

Capability is not permission You can generate almost any image. Whether you should use it depends on what it depicts, who sees it, and what they will take it to mean — questions that have nothing to do with image quality. Generally fine Concept art and mood boards, internal presentations, placeholders in a mock-up, abstract […]

A workflow that fits real projects

Generation is one step in a process, not the process Treating image generation as “type words, receive asset” is where most of the wasted time happens. Fitted into a real workflow, it is one step among several — and usually not the longest. The five steps Decide what the image must do. Set a mood, […]