Role of Al in the creative process

Since 2018, we’ve been integrating AI and applied machine learning models into our creative and technical processes at Bright Artistry. In the early days, we were deeply involved in research and development, building, training, and deploying custom models using TensorFlow. One such example is a bespoke generative genetic algorithm for UI generation and feedback, a cutting-edge architecture and use case that hadn’t been published at the time. Now widely adopted, this early work gave us a foundational understanding of how AI can transform creative processes.

Today, AI's role in shaping our approach is not only viable but essential—both technically and financially. By thoughtfully implementing highly capable models, we offer more to our clients with increased speed and precision, while maintaining our commitment to excellence.

Jul 2024
Creative

How AI is Elevating the Creative Process

At Bright Artistry, our focus has always been on creating beautiful, high-quality digital brands and products. AI in the creative process has only elevated that mission, allowing us to bring new levels of efficiency, creativity, and precision to each project.

With a deep expertise in AI, our team has been able to:

  • Analyse and test design suggestions against one another, leading to data-driven design decisions.
  • Concept ideas faster, reducing the time between brainstorming and implementation.
  • Better spec and brief work, making it easier to provide comprehensive instructions to specialists in our pool, like 3D animators.
  • Conduct deeper research into client-specific fields, uncovering insights that sharpen both strategy and design.
  • Refine content and visual direction, using AI to streamline our creative process and ensure every choice aligns with client goals.

These advancements allow us to maintain the high quality our clients expect while also offering new ways to optimise our creative process.

Empowering the Creative Team

Interestingly, 80% of our team reports that the creative process has become notably more enjoyable with the integration of AI. By taking over repetitive tasks and providing data-driven insights, AI frees up our team to focus on what they do best: creativity and innovation.

The overarching feedback was that the design team feels more empowered to express and communicate their creative ideas at a higher level, even in areas outside their core expertise. AI tools allow our team to explore new design avenues and push creative boundaries, which has increased internal collaboration, sparked more conversations, and led to a faster and more fruitful design iteration process. Overall, we believe this has notably improved the service we provide, delivering results born of a larger design space and are ultimately more refined and client-specific.

Tangible Results Through AI

Our integration of AI has led to measurable improvements in both speed and quality:

  • 60% reduction in delivery time
    for Scope 2 design requests.
  • 1.75 additional visual directions
    generated in the same timeframe. Qualitative feedback suggests this is down to explorations of a larger design space as well as a more streamlined process to get everything together for presentation.
  • Up to 50% reduction in research time
    for specific industry verticals, allowing us to deliver more targeted and insightful creative work.
  • Improved moodboard specificity
    as reported in our internal Design Review sessions.

AI: A Tool for Better, Faster, and Smarter Creativity

Incorporating AI into our creative workflow hasn’t changed our goal of delivering world-class digital solutions. Instead, it has enhanced our ability to work efficiently and deliver better, more creatively rich outcomes. AI empowers us to test ideas more effectively, refine design concepts quicker, and explore creative possibilities that were previously inaccessible.

We view AI as a tool that complements human creativity, not replaces it. By allowing us to combine intuitive, human-centric design with the knowledge-scape of generative AI, it has enabled us to create solutions that are innovative, thoughtful, and aligned with the goals of our partners.

Conclusion

The role of AI in the creative process has never been more essential and we are constantly evolving our creative process through the exploration new tools and architectures and the subsequent analysis in our internal knowledge library (Lighthouse). At Bright Artistry, we’ve fully embraced AI as part of our continuous evolution, and it has empowered our team to deliver faster, smarter, and more innovative solutions to our clients. With AI, we’re able to focus on what matters most: delivering high-quality, impactful digital brands and products.