Nexus Marketing Agency
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- Jul 28, 2026
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I use AI mostly for brainstorming and exploring different directions. I still prefer doing the final design myself because the small details make a big difference.
Graphic design in 2026 isn’t just about looking nice anymore.
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Orion Marketing Agency
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- Jul 28, 2026
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yeah using ai for the boring parts but still doing the final look myself. clean and simple desgins convert better these days
Jackreach3r
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- Jun 11, 2026
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50% of my visual works are AI or AI assisted
In early days when people was not introduced by Ai the manual work and human creativity matters a lot in graphics work, but after the introduction of Ai the trend change completely. Now the clients prefer that designs which looks clean simple and iconic. The quantity of text is not matters more now because client just want to present his service just in minimal format and want less quantity of text in their designs.
Colonel Potter
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- Aug 19, 2026
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honestly the biggest bottleneck with ai right now is vectors. clients need clean, scalable files and most ai tools just spit out flat rasters that you end up having to manually recreate anyway. its fine for moodboards and concepts but for actual production work it still feels like double work sometimes.
karadoesnotcare
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- Aug 21, 2026
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honestly the simple and bold trend is probably a direct reaction to all the over-rendered midjourney stuff. when every cheap ad has a hyper-detailed ai background, clean and minimal designs actually stand out more. in my experience clients are starting to get tired of that generic ai look anyway and want something that feels more intentional.