Exploring Practical Benefits of A.I. Generated Images for UI/UX Product Designers

Ryan Allen
A.I. Art, Design & Dev
3 min readJan 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) generated images have the potential to revolutionize the way user experience (UX) designers work with ideas. By utilizing AI, UX designers can create content with greater accuracy, speed, and efficiency.

To learn more about my work, you can check out my artificial intelligence image projects at imrsn.com and my product design portfolio at ryanallen.com

First, img2img allow UX designers to accurately replicate styles. For example, diffusion models can be trained on source data to create visuals that are similar to the original, yet still remain unique. By providing simple textual prompts, designers can adjust the context of the generated images. Some popular apps that make this easier include midjourney, and invokeAI. This level of accuracy ensures that visuals meet users’ expectations and provide a more precise representation of the original style. A great way to use this is to generate logo concepts and examples like I did for this client.

A chair represented in hundreds of styles using img2img in this article

Second, Artificial Intelligence-powered tools can dramatically expedite the design process for UX designers. By leveraging AI-assisted software, UX designers can swiftly modify and customize visuals to meet the exact specifications of their clients. For example, a UX designer could use AutoML Vision to generate custom visuals from a single photoshoot. Or use inpainting with stable diffusion to make variations to a single shot. With just a few text prompts, the designer can create an unlimited number of images that precisely reflect the client’s desired aesthetic without having to invest extra time and resources into reshooting.

Let’s try some new outfits and makeup on the model without reshooting

Finally, A.I. generated images can help to create visuals that are more effective for the user. By utilizing A.I. tools to iteratively generate slight visual changes and test them in real time, UX designers can create visuals that are more aesthetically pleasing and easier for users to interact with. This would be a fun system to design.

Create a system that generates different marque images and tests for which converts best

In conclusion, A.I. generated images have the potential to revolutionize the way UX designers create visuals. By utilizing A.I. generated images, UX designers can create visuals that are more accurate, faster to create and more effective in communicating the desired message. As such, A.I. generated images have the potential to revolutionize the way UX designers approach visuals and create user experiences enabling better overall UX.

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