04/08/2026
One of our employees came across a post recently, and it's something we've been talking about a lot at Broadstreet.
With advances in AI, what makes OUR jobs relevant still? Anyone can access these AI image generators, and they've become a quick and easy way for businesses, organizations, and event managers to generate promos in mere seconds. It SEEMS great....at first glance...
But are these AI generated images actually helping? Or are they hurting you? This post from Barry Whitehouse Fine Artist & Art Tutor PEREFECTLY sums up what we too would like everyone to know:
"A plea from an artist:
All these posters look the same, yet they are from different areas in the U.K. so much so I was concerned that I had repeated the same poster when compiling this.
I realise that many group committees are volunteers and people don’t have the time or funding to consult or even ask someone arty to make a poster for you, but please ditch the urge to ‘save time’ and money by using ChatGPT or other ai services.
At this point your poster would be better seen using Comic Sans and Word Art, or even a sharpie and a Helix letter stencil.
The excessive and sudden burst of ai to help ‘promote’ events has actually lead to nobody looking at the posters because when they appear on social media we think we’ve already seen it. It no longer works for marketing or promotional posters, as in its very brief appearance, ai has already saturated the market.
Please just get a marker pen out instead. Homemade and human made is the way forward now if you want your event to be seen and remembered."
A plea from an artist:
All these posters look the same, yet they are from different areas in the U.K. so much so I was concerned that I had repeated the same poster when compiling this.
I realise that many group committees are volunteers and people don’t have the time or funding to consult or even ask someone arty to make a poster for you, but please ditch the urge to ‘save time’ and money by using ChatGPT or other ai services.
At this point your poster would be better seen using Comic Sans and Word Art, or even a sharpie and a Helix letter stencil.
The excessive and sudden burst of ai to help ‘promote’ events has actually lead to nobody looking at the posters because when they appear on social media we think we’ve already seen it. It no longer works for marketing or promotional posters, as in its very brief appearance, ai has already saturated the market.
Please just get a marker pen out instead. Homemade and human made is the way forward now if you want your event to be seen and remembered.
