A neighbor's comment about my whale-blimp mashup stuck with me

Last Sunday I printed out one of my AI mashups where I turned the Goodyear blimp into a whale with fins and a blowhole. My neighbor saw it on my porch and said, "Why does it still say Goodyear on the side? That ruins the joke for me." I never thought about keeping the original text or logos in the image before. Now I keep second-guessing every prompt I write, like should I hide the branding or lean into it? I spent about 40 minutes yesterday trying to make a taco-shaped fire hydrant without any words, but the AI kept adding fake street names. Has anyone else had a small comment make them rethink their whole approach to mixing real objects?

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riley_taylor1mo ago

Did you see that thing about how AI image tools are trained on so much branded stuff that it basically can't help adding logos and fake signs? I heard someone say you kinda have to fight it every time, or just let the weird branding ride since it can't be avoided.

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nathanj561mo ago

Man, one offhand comment and now you're out here fighting a losing war against fake street names on a taco hydrant. Honestly the Goodyear logo might be the funniest part, like the whale got a corporate sponsor.

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