How to make AI images that don't look like AI images
AI-generated visuals, though technically perfect, often feel lifeless and lack human presence. While imagination fuels creativity, effective prompting is crucial. To achieve more human-like, emotionally resonant images, here's the five-step CIPER ...
Last month, I was creating a deck for a client session and asked an AI tool to show “a team brainstorming ideas.” What I got looked like a toothpaste ad -- bright smiles, sterile walls and people pointing vaguely at a spotless whiteboard. Nothing wrong with the picture -- it was just lifeless. That’s the thing about most AI visuals -- they’re technically flawless and emotionally vacant.
The human eye can spot “AI-made” not because of missing pixels, but because of missing presence. Over time, I’ve realised that getting AI to make human-feeling images is all about having an imagination and turning it into smart prompts. While the imagination part is free flowing – for the prompting bit, I use what I call the CIPER loop – five small shifts that make a big difference:
