AI Pokémon Cards 1

AI Base, Human Polish

AI is controversial, especially when it pertains to the creative process… but I believe it will become a necessary tool for creatives to leverage moving forward. The raw images came from Bing Image Creator and I handled the rest.

I don’t think utilizing AI limits creativity unless you let it. Are we going to see people use exactly what AI spits out to great success? Probably so, but I believe people will always need and value the human touch in design.

Grass Type Pokémon

Bulbasaur was one of the first Pokémon I tested to see if this was going to be possible. I was stunned by the result. Although many creative liberties have been taken by the tool and myself, I think this first set turned out stellar!

Water Type Pokémon

For whatever reason, Bing Image Creator seemed to handle water quite well. I think there are probably more visual styles used in this set than any others, but I did my best to make sure they still felt like a cohesive group.

I also thought the poses in this set turned out excellent. Figuring out which pose to use may be a solid use case for artists.

Psychic Type Pokémon

No doubt Mr. Mime & Jynx were the trickiest ones so far. As many of us know, AI has notoriously had trouble with fingers, toes and faces of people. These two were no different, but I still think they came out pretty great… even if they took 50+ iterations and some tweaking on my part.

I love the way Gastly & Drowzee came out in this set! The swirls of smoke/magic are so sick!

Successful First Attempt

In a project like this, I was able to generate several dozen iterations of each character, allowing me to figure out the best poses, expressions and backdrops in seconds. If this was a production project, I could use all this info to guide a human artist to help realize my ideas. I think that’s pretty cool!