Your First Combined Project

You've learned text. You've learned images. You've learned music. Now: combine two of them — and experience for the first time how something bigger emerges.

The Experiment: Two AIs, One Vision

Imagine you need a story with illustrations. Not planned in advance, not with a professional design brief — but: you write with one AI, the other AI draws, and you feel how it comes together.

This is the heart of this cluster: You're no longer a user of AI. You become a conductor of two instruments.

The Scenario: An Illustrated Poem

You will write a poem or very short story (300–400 words) with a text AI — and then illustrate it with an image AI.

Why poem/short story? Because the length is manageable, but the complexity is real: your images must match the mood of the text. That's already craft-level.

Step 1: The Text

Use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and write a prompt for a poem or mini-story. Examples:

Idea 1 — The Weather Poem:

"Write a poem (8–12 verses) about a rainy day in the city. The mood should be melancholic, but not sad — more contemplative. The tone should be personal and honest, not overwrought."

Idea 2 — The Animal Fable:

"Write an animal fable (300–350 words) about a fox who learns something about patience. The style should be timeless — as if someone were telling it to a child before bed."

Idea 3 — The Memory:

"Write an autobiographical mini-story (300–400 words) about a moment when you met someone and it changed everything. Tone: honest, a bit vulnerable, hopeful."

Or invent your own idea. Choose one that resonates emotionally with you.

Step 2: Observe the Text

When the text AI delivers the text, read it and note:

• Which scene or image comes to mind first?
• What colors would fit this mood?
• Is there a main figure or object that is central?
• What season, time of day, or place is described?

Step 3: The Image

Use DALL-E (via ChatGPT or openai.com), Midjourney (Discord), Stable Diffusion (Beta), or Adobe Firefly. Choose one scene from your text and write an image prompt.

Weak prompt:

"Illustration for the poem"

Strong prompt (based on your observation):

"Digital illustration: main character (insist on details: age, clothing, expression) sits on a park bench in the rain. The street behind is blurred. Color palette: grays, blues with an accent of warm light (lamp or neon). Style: contemporary watercolor, realistic but dreamlike. Mood: contemplative but not depressive. No other people. High quality."

Step 4: Together for the First Time

When you have text and image, lay them side by side. What happens?

These questions matter:

• Does the image match the mood of the text?
• Do they contradict anywhere? (e.g., text says "summer" but image looks like autumn)
• Do they complement each other, or compete?
• What would you have done differently?

This is your first real feedback on combining. You notice it now, not later.

The "Style Clash"

Warning: There will probably be something small that doesn't 100% match. That's completely normal. The text AI lives in its world, the image AI in theirs. They don't know each other. That's the work you do: you create a second or third image experiment until it fits.

This isn't the AIs failing. This is the reality of combining.

The Director Moment

When you now have your poem plus illustration and they fit together — pause. What's in front of you would normally be made by one person doing all the writing and drawing. You did it in 45 minutes with two AI tools.

Not because you're an artistic genius. But because you knew clearly what you wanted. And the AIs gave you the instruments.

This is the beginning.