Master Procreate Brushes with Inktober Style
Creative Bloq just dropped a tutorial on building custom brushes in Procreate inspired by Inktober's distinctive look. You'll nail down spooky, hand-drawn aesthetics in quick, easy steps—perfect for bringing your own illustration style to digital life.
Handmade Craft Is Your Secret Weapon Against AI Slop
Luxury brands like Prada are going all-in on handmade ads as AI-generated content floods social feeds. Prada's "Drawing Prada" campaign uses hand-drawn animation to create a fairy-tale forest that's earned real praise for celebrating craft and process over computational shortcuts.
Use AI Tools to Strengthen Your Own Craft, Not Replace It
Production designer Christopher Glass tells the next generation of creatives: AI isn't the death of your job—it's a tool to sharpen. The mindset shift is simple: "use their tools against them." Glass emphasizes that the creative industry still needs human vision, judgment, and craft to lead.
Figma Weave Makes Your Design Process Repeatable
Figma just released Weave, which combines AI generation and editing into connected, reusable workflows. Instead of one-off AI prompts, you build repeatable processes your whole team can refine and run again and again—turning creative chaos into system.
Learn From Rockstar's 600,000-Animation Lesson
For GTA 6, Rockstar art-directed 600,000 individual animations so that street-level NPCs (non-player characters) feel like real humans—not robots. Each walk, gesture, and glance was intentional. The sheer scale and care is a masterclass in how detail creates believability.
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TODAY’S THREADThe designers winning right now aren't fighting AI—they're embracing it as a tool while doubling down on what only humans can deliver: intention, craft, and emotional detail. From custom brushes to handmade ads to carefully choreographed animations, the common thread is *care in execution*. Tools do the grunt work; you do the thinking that makes people feel something.