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Two weeks ago everyone was screaming “Nano-Banana will kill Photoshop.”
Cute headline — but Photoshop’s still here, and so is Banana.
Meanwhile, artists keep proving that the future of AI isn’t about breaking software, but about building language. That’s what we care about: frames, moods, worlds — not tricks.
SELECTED CREATORS
Laura Ángel / @wideopen.ai
Los Angeles–based designer Laura Ángel moves between brand systems and speculative image-making with rare precision. Under the alias Wide Open, she crafts AI-generated interiors and portraits that feel like scenes stolen from a film set: cinematic, sharp, emotionally loaded.
Her practice thrives on tension: softness set against metallic sheen, organic silhouettes clashing with digital textures. The result is never mere spectacle, but a controlled atmosphere — compositions where fragility and strength coexist in the same frame. Works like Panther (2025), recognized at the AI Master Award, embody this duality: a body that is at once delicate and monumental.
Grounded in editorial and identity design, Laura’s approach makes each piece feel intentional, part of a broader system rather than a single image. Through MidJourney, Generative Fill, and AI video experiments in Runway and Veo, she pushes AI beyond decorative output into immersive storytelling — blurring the line between fashion campaign and speculative fiction.
Max Hudson / @withaview.ai
Based on the US West Coast, Max Hudson translates the quiet serenity of hand-drawn landscapes into AI-rendered dreamscapes. His alter ego @artof.mx roots him in analog drawing; @withaview.ai expands that sensibility into digital horizons where geometry dissolves into light.
His landscapes are not about hyper-detail or flashy textures. They are about perspective, about mood: vaulted skies, abstracted horizons, cathedral-like arches that evoke both memory and imagination. You don’t just look at these images; you pause in front of them.
Across Reddit communities and Instagram alike, his work circulates as “stunning art” precisely because it refuses excess. Each piece suggests scale without noise, evoking calm and estrangement at once — an atmosphere that feels both timeless and uncanny.
WHAT’S NEW
Nano-Banana: When Google goes bananas.
Remember that mystery editing model everyone gushed about last week? It’s real. Google confirmed it’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image—nicknamed Nano‑Banana—and it’s now available in the Gemini app (both free and paid tiers), as well as via API, Vertex AI and Gemini Studio .
What makes it special isn’t just that it’s fast or cute—it can edit existing photos using natural language with terrifying consistency (90‑95% face and scene coherence, per early testers) . Think saying “place this chair in the corner, keep lighting and perspective intact” and it actually works—no masks, no crop layers, just edit mastery. Rumor says this will redefine how we approach post-production, especially for content-heavy workflows .
Kling AI 2.1 — the power of a storyboard, in one click
Remember when AI video stopped at “text-to-action”? Kling just rewrote that rule. Version 2.1 (released in late May 2025) now gives creators full control over first and last frames—so you can craft the exact opening and closing shot without ever lining up the footage yourself .
Upload an image as your film’s first frame and another as the end, or just the final one—you don’t write scripts, you frame moments. The AI animates everything in between with cinematic smoothness, motion polish, and shot consistency. Think of it as AI directing itself under your gaze .
KEY VISUAL
Lebanese–Australian filmmaker Ribal Hosn brings fashion storytelling into a different register: lush, cinematic, and always in motion. His background spans high-end campaigns, music videos, and experimental shorts — but what sets his recent work apart is how he treats AI not as spectacle, but as texture.
In this piece, light fractures across faces, fabrics behave like characters, and movement feels closer to choreography than editing. Hosn’s worlds are minimal yet opulent, charged with atmosphere, and unapologetically cinematic. A reminder that AI in the right hands doesn’t replace craft — it expands it.
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