AI & Craft
AI & Craft
The Tells That Give Away AI Writing (And How to Edit Them Out)
Em dashes, false contrasts, and listicle rhythm are the fingerprints AI leaves behind, and every one of them is fixable in a single editing pass.
AI & Craft
How a Small Studio Actually Uses AI
Here's an honest map of where AI speeds up the work at a small studio, and where a human keeps the final say, no exceptions.
AI & Craft
AI Images vs. Real Photography
AI imagery is genuinely useful for mood and concept work, and genuinely dangerous the moment it stands in for a real person, product or result.
AI & Craft
The Editing Pass AI Cannot Do
An AI draft gets you 80% of the way there. The other 20% is taste, cuts and one specific true detail, and it's the only part that actually matters.
AI & Craft
Prompt for Arguments, Not Options
Stop asking AI to hand you three safe options. Ask it to argue both sides of a hard call, then make the decision yourself.
AI workflow
The Curation Loop: A Human-in-the-Loop Framework for Using AI in Design Without Shipping Slop
AI adoption in design hit 91% in 2026, but human content still ranks 8x higher on Google. Here's the 6-stage workflow that uses AI without shipping slop.