A client told me my AI art looked too samey

They said every character I generated had the same face shape. Now I always add a specific prompt about 'varied jawlines and cheekbones' for each new piece. Has anyone else gotten a note like that and changed their process?

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jana_scott1mo agoMost Upvoted

Client feedback is just another data point for your process.

jake6381mo ago

yeah i get what you're saying but i feel like calling it "just another data point" kinda undersells how much weight it should carry. like yeah it's data but it's also the voice of the person who's actually paying you. ignoring it or treating it the same as a random metric seems like a good way to lose clients over time. there's a difference between not letting one piece of feedback run your whole process and straight up treating it like it's no different than a bounce rate or something. gotta find that middle ground where you respect the feedback but don't let it completely throw you off track.

paul28625d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, has anyone thought about how the weight of that feedback depends on whether they're actually paying you or just signing off on a budget? Like, I've had clients who scream about things that don't matter because they're new to the industry and don't really know what good looks like yet. Their voice is important, sure, but if they're telling you to pivot everything because of one bad email open rate, that's not respect, that's panic. On the flip side, I've had a client who sent three long paragraphs about how our checkout flow was confusing, and we found out it was because they were using an old browser. We fixed the browser version and their sales went up 20%. You gotta treat the feedback like a detective treats a witness statement - listen close, but check it against the evidence before you build your whole case on it.