I made my work from 20+ years ago DANCE.

I recently came across my old portfolio of work from my days as an A-level and degree student studying design.

I pulled out the portfolio and blew off the dust.

I then uploaded a photo of one of the sketches from this project - 'high fashion inspired by the evian brand' into NewArc.ai.

I described the fabrics and colours I had chosen in my prompt.

I then took my favourite output from NewArc into The New Black AI and described in a second prompt how I wanted my model to move.

I was actually quite moved by the output - remembering myself 20+ years ago on the floor of my parent’s study with my promarkers, fine liners and pritt stick in hand. I would never have imagined this technology could have brought my designs to life one day.

Students today have some amazing tools at their disposal, it is up to educators to introduce them with care and structure and with design thinking underpinning their use... but not to shy away from them.

If they had been available to me at 17 I would have jumped in with both feet.