Jan 24

How to Edit an Image in Midjourney: A Creative Professional’s Guide

Midjourney is arguably the most aesthetic tool in our kit right now, but let’s be honest: it can be a nightmare to control. It’s like working with a world-class painter who refuses to listen to your feedback. And specifically, editing in Midjourney has historically been unpredictable - but it IS possible, as long as you don't expect it to work miracles. Ideally you want to one-shot your Midjourney images with the right style and image... read more ›
Jan 21

How to Control Midjourney: Style References, Image References, and Moodboards

Midjourney is incredible: it creates aesthetically polished images that nothing else can really touch. But let’s be real: it’s a temperamental artist. It’s inherently chaotic... it requires you to direct rather than control. Your job is to have a creative vision and execute against it. If you can’t control the output, you can’t do the job. Clients don't want happy accidents; they want repeatable systems. They need assets that match a specific brand identity, a... read more ›
Jan 18

How to Upscale An Image in Nano Banana Pro (4K, no watermark)

Nano Banana Pro (the engine behind Google’s Gemini 3 Pro Image) is rarely discussed as a dedicated upscaler, but it’s actually a powerhouse that delivers incredible results with zero friction. While most tools require fiddling with complex sliders, this one is radically simple: just prompt "Upscale to 4K" and the model understands exactly what to do. However, using the native web or mobile apps often adds a professional dealbreaker: a visible watermark or SynthID embedding.... read more ›
Jan 18

How to Extend an Image with Nano Banana Pro (with no watermark)

If you’ve ever had a perfect vertical shot that needs to be a horizontal hero image, you know the pain of manually painting in edges. Today, you can skip the grunt work and use generative "outpainting" tools like Nano Banana Pro. You can use the Gemini web or mobile app and simply prompt "Extend the image to fill 16:9," which usually yields great results. However, the native app applies a watermark, which is a dealbreaker... read more ›
Jan 17

How to Build Characters From A Sketch with Nano Banana & Weavy

You're about to see how to take a messy napkin sketch and turn it into a consistent, studio-quality character using a workflow that actually respects your creative intent, using Nano Banana (Google's amazing image model) and Weavy (node-based canvas app). And importantly, the character will stay consistent across scenes, poses and even styles (want to render it as a B&W cartoon? Not a problem). I'll show you the step-by-step breakdown of how we built the... read more ›
Jan 16

How to Create Video from an Image with Grok AI Video

We talk a lot about the big players in AI video—Runway, Kling, Sora, Veo—but there’s one tool that is quietly crushing it right now, and almost nobody is talking about it: Grok Imagine. Grok is developed by xAI, and while it’s often buried in headlines about tweets and tech politics, for creative pros, it’s a sleeper hit. Specifically, its image-to-video capability is arguably the best "quick fix" animation tool on the market. It's fast, it's... read more ›
Jan 10

How To Create New Angles From Any Photo: Nano Banana Pro vs. Qwen Image Edit

We’ve all been there: you wrap a shoot, you get into the edit, and you realize the perfect shot is the one you didn’t take. You need a bird’s eye view, or just a slight rotation to make the composition sing, but the moment is gone. Until recently, that was it. You lived with the shot you had. But we are living in a wild time for creative professionals. The new wave of AI tools... read more ›
Jan 01

How to Create Halftone Effects with Nano Banana Pro (The Right Way)

Many of us in the creative community, miss the grit of the darkroom, the unpredictability of a letterpress, the happy accidents of a photocopier running out of toner. We want that analog warmth, not digital perfection. The problem? Most "distressed typography / bad photocopy" filters and presets look fake and cheap - especially in AI. So today, we’re going to look at how to create authentic, grungy ink bleed and halftone effects using AI -... read more ›
Dec 28

How to add texture to a logo with Nano Banana Pro (style transfer)

Today, I want to zero in on a specific technique that’s been blowing my mind recently: applying complex textures to logos using Nano Banana Pro for style transfer. But more importantly, I want to talk about how we do it. Because as creative pros, we don't just need "magic buttons." We need control. We need replicable workflows. We need to understand the variables. Here's how: The Toolset: Weavy + Nano Banana For this workflow, I’m using... read more ›
Dec 27

How to Create a VHS Effect with Nano Banana and Flux 2 Flex

Replicating analog imperfections in a digital space has always been the holy grail. And let’s be honest: most "VHS effects" out there are bad. You know the ones—they just slap a scanline overlay and some chromatic aberration on a perfectly sharp image. It looks like a filter. It doesn't look real. Today, I’m going to walk you through a workflow that nailed this effect so perfectly it actually surprised me, The goal here isn’t just to... read more ›