Mar 31, 2025

Sketches to Magic

Yeah, everyone's talking about ChatGPT image generation online - and I get it. It's addictive and pretty entertaining.

One of the cooler ways to use it is by turning a rough sketch into something way more polished.

Here's one of my early, messy drawings I made for the ā€œCultivate and Cutā€ post. I always meant to come back and clean it up but never got around to it. So I asked ChatGPT to turn it into an illustration - and honestly, the quality blew me away.

Here's my (ugly) original drawing:
Leadership is about nurturing growth and knowing when to prune for balance and strength.

Then I asked for an illustration version:
What's going on here

Next, I asked it to add some extra details:
What's going on here? V3

Then I tried an isometric version:
What's going on here? V4

Then photorealistic:
What's going on here? V5

And finally, a Ghibli-style version:
What's going on here? V6


I'm definitely going to keep playing around with turning my sketchy concepts into full illustrations. This is just too much fun.
About Max Antonov
Iā€™m Max, a father of two, Product Director & Product Coach from Sydney. I write about leadership, product management and life.
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