Daily Generations: First look at generative AI in Illustrator

Created In: Adobe Illustrator

If you’ve read some of my recent Daily Generations, you’ll know that a lack of vector image capability in most generative imaging apps severely reduces its commercial use on a professional design team.

Adobe launched generative imaging inside Illustrator earlier this year. It is currently in beta, but its ability to generate image in vector is a superpower.

Images generated in illustrator have all the advantages you’d expect from a vector file. Infinite zoom and upscaling, cleanly pulling out specific assets, and an easier path to print ready. The potential here for areas like logos, stock graphics, and UI elements is massive.

Infinitely scalable generative imaging. Created with: Adobe Illustrator

I intentionally kept the style directions and iterations minimal for this test so as to show what we’re working with at a basic level.

We see the usual AI image issues we all know. Weird gaps, funny looking hands, etc.

The style I find the be very “clip-art” for those of you who are old enough to remember clip-art. The way it interprets text feels very much like the model you’ll find in photoshop, which means the style can be improved with iterations, and you’ll always get three options.

If you’ve ever used Illustrator to auto-trace anything, the way it constructs the file layers and paths will feel familiar to you.

Overall, I think it will prove to be a valuable tool. I’ll be publishing an article running it through it’s paces soon so stay tuned.

Easily pull out specific elements for use in other projects
Created with: Adobe Illustrator