Nov
16
ChatGPT came out in November of 2022, but it didn’t really catch on until GPT 4 in 2024. But the viral “Studio Ghibli” moment in May of 2025 was when AI became truly mainstream, and creatives could no longer ignore it. We’re now on the heels of ChatGPT 5.1, and it’s more clear than ever: there are very real concerns about AI (replacing creatives, ethical issues, etc), but the fact of the matter is that...
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Nov
16
If you saw the recent news about Figma acquiring Weavy (renamed Figma Weave) and thought, "OK but WTF is Weavy?" you're not alone! It's a relatively new, but incredible app. Weavy is a node-based platform engineered for creative teams and enterprises. Think of it less as a single AI model and more as a central hub or workbench that connects various AI models and editing tools into one unified workflow. Instead of jumping between Nano...
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Nov
16
Higgsfield AI is a generative video model and platform designed for creating high-fidelity, controllable, and stylistically consistent video content from text and image prompts. Unlike many early-generation AI video tools that produce short, often disjointed clips, Higgsfield focuses on solving one of the biggest problems for professional use: consistency. It aims to give creators the ability to maintain the same character, aesthetic, and environment across multiple shots, making it a viable tool for narrative and...
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Nov
16
Should photographers, designers and other creative pros be on TikTok as a marketing platform? The answer is maybe - and it largely depends on your mindset. The biggest hurdle for experienced professionals on TikTok is their experience. The habits and best practices learned from years of building a presence on Instagram, Behance, or a personal website don't apply here. In fact, they are often a liability. You have to unlearn the "portfolio mindset" to win....
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Nov
09
Midjourney is incredible, full stop. With its v7 model and a polished web interface, it’s a creative powerhouse that has set the bar for quality and aesthetic. For a long time, it’s been the undisputed king of AI image generation (and still is IMO). But if you’re on a budget, it may not be an option when the “Mega Plan” is $1,152 a year. That said, if you’re a pro, you’re not just looking for...
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Nov
07
You’ve probably seen a million headlines about "Meta AI." But what may have gotten lost in the shuffle is that there’s an actual app called Meta AI - and that it’s essentially a free version of Midjourney, the incredibly powerful image generation app. And when I say that it's a version of MidJourney, I don't mean Meta knocked it off. I mean it's literally built on MidJourney's technology: they announced a formal partnership between the...
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Nov
03
For years, the battle for your creative desktop wasn't much of a battle at all. For professionals, Adobe was the only real choice—the industry standard. It was the Coke, the Nintendo. Any alternative, including Affinity, was often dismissed as the "cheap" option, the Pepsi or the Sega: a clunky substitute for those who couldn't afford the real thing. But over the past few years, something shifted. Affinity patiently built a powerful, fast, and streamlined suite...
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Nov
03
AI image generation tools have been bubbling for a while, but they truly exploded into the mainstream when the "Studio Ghibli" filter trend went viral, powered by the release of ChatGPT-4. Since then, it’s been impossible to ignore the flood of new apps like Midjourney, ComfyUI, Higgsfield, etc - all capable of creating stunning, surreal, and sometimes bizarre images from a simple text prompt. The latest name in this conversation is Nano Banana Pro (Google's...
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Oct
14
The rise of generative AI isn't just another tech trend, it's a fundamental change in the creative landscape, a wave that is coming whether we’re ready or not. For photographers, videographers, and visual artists, this can feel unsettling. The conversation is often framed around fear and replacement, but that’s the wrong way to look at it. This isn’t about a machine replacing the artist. It's about the artist gaining a new set of profoundly powerful...
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Oct
24
Here is a list of 10 things I've learned the hard way that every photographer, designer, creative--hell, every creative person--should know. 1. Experts aren’t the answer. The blogs, the teachers, the mentors, the seminars aren’t the answer. They’re not there to tell you exactly what you need to know. If they’re good, then they are there to give you some ideas, some guidelines, or some rules to learn and subsequently break. This isn’t about the...
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