I Let AI Draw a Moodboard For My App.

Are AI drawing tools good enough to generate assets for your app?

“A herd of deer in a forest at night dancing around a disco ball” Left: DALL·E, Right: Midjourney

Bringing AI To Your Creative Workflow

One of the reasons why I chose to be a designer rather than an artist, is that I just wasn’t that good at drawing. I always looked up to people who could express whatever that’s in their heads on a piece of paper.

But this all changed with AI. With the birth of tools like DALL·E and Midjourney, people can now visually share their ideas with a click of a button.

I always thought that if I were to make an app, I would make it “minimalistic” to cover up my lack of drawing skills, or inevitably hire a freelance illustrator. Now with under $100, I can easily make hundreds of drawings every day.

I wanted to test if these tools were good enough to generate assets that can actually go on my apps.

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The Tests

• Test 1: Can AI generate an app screen?
• Test 2: Vague Prompt
• Test 3: Specific Prompt