[Linkpost] “How to make better AI art with current models” by Nina Panickssery

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AI image-generation models I’ve tried

Midjourney is best at producing a diverse and aesthetically pleasing range of styles and doesn’t refuse “in the style of…” requests. However, it is worst at text-in-images, avoiding uncanny AI artifacts (like extra fingers or unrealistic postures), and precise instruction-following (it messes up the specifics). Another major downside is that they don’t offer an API.

GPT-5 produces less artistic outputs but is better at following precise instructions on text and composition details.

Gemini “Nano Banana” is somewhere in the middle where it is ok-ish at everything—better at style than GPT-5 but worse than Midjourney, better at instruction-following than Midjourney but worse than GPT-5.

Midjourney v7 messing up instruction-following (basically none of these are images of a robot pushing a computer up a hill)GPT-5 with the same prompt. It followed the instruction, but the style isn’t as nice, and it messed up [...]

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Outline:

(00:12) AI image-generation models I've tried

(01:38) Styles that look good

(02:27) Compositions that look good

(02:47) Correcting artifacts with programmatic post-processing

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First published:

September 4th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wdnjXoQGbHGAKQcyW/how-to-make-better-ai-art-with-current-models

Linkpost URL:
https://blog.ninapanickssery.com/p/how-to-make-ai-art-look-good

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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