Artificial Intelligence (AI) has potential to revolutionize the creative process for designers, and OpenArt is leading the charge with new features: Sketch to Image, Creative Variation, and Magic Brush. While some designers might express concern about AI taking over, these tools enhance and expedite the creative process.
Sketch to Image transforms initial hand-drawn sketches into realistic representations of the designer’s ideas. This AI feature saves significant time, allowing designers to focus on intricate details, playing with different colors and effects. One designer, Amy, was surprised and impressed to see her sketch of a rebranding project for a coffee shop converted into a fully-rendered image with beautiful color combinations. The AI preserved Amy’s signature style in the rendered image, reinforcing that AI supports rather than replaces human creativity.
The Sketch to Image feature is user-friendly, allowing designers to upload their sketches and select their desired outcomes. Designers can opt to describe what they want from the output or leave the AI to generate an outcome based on the sketch alone. They can also select their desired ‘level of creativity’, with options like ‘similar’ or ‘creative’ dictating how close the generated image will be to their original concept. With options to choose a specific style and color theme, this design tool caters to a wide range of artistic preferences.
The second feature, Creative Variation, is a tool aimed at visualizing what doesn’t yet exist and tackling creative blocks. One user, Olivia, used Creative Variation to generate different versions of a food illustration for a client’s website. Though the designs weren’t perfect, Olivia could use the variations as a personalized mood board to inspire her final design. Other users praised the feature as a practical tool for conceptualizing multiple designs simultaneously. As one anonymous user put it, the feature “frees creative roadblocks.”
The third and final offering from OpenArt, Magic Brush, enables designers to add or remove details from a digital artwork with ease. Magic Brush increases productivity by simplifying the time-consuming process of manual editing. Once a designer selects the area they wish to change, they let the AI work its magic, saving significant time. The feature also allows them to upscale images to improve quality post-editing.
Collectively, these tools from OpenArt underline the potential for AI to enhance the creative process for designers. Rather than replacing human skills, the technology empowers artists, offering them tools to fast-track their creative processes and overcome challenges such as creative blocks or time-consuming edits. With these offerings from OpenArt, designers can focus more on ideating, experimenting, and perfecting their concepts. To test the features out, check OpenArt’s website.
