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Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by abhimanyue1998 » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 5:50 PM UTC

Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator
brushless.ai

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by abhimanyue1998 » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 5:53 PM UTC

Hello! Abhi here, We are building a design app for consistent, editable and brand-aware vector graphics. Give it a try and let us know your thoughts :)

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by mgupta99 » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 2:52 AM UTC

Looks so cool! hella neat!

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

#4

Post by nsiradze » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 1:52 PM UTC

I hate using Illustrator, but it's necessary for certain tasks. I will give this product a try :)

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by abhimanyue1998 » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 3:47 PM UTC

nsiradze wrote: post #4

I hate using Illustrator, but it's necessary for certain tasks. I will give this product a try :)

thanks! yeah we are just starting out and the product is in early stages, but the goal is to make everything that illustrator does, just a lot more easily with an AI first approach.

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by breck » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 6:22 PM UTC

Very interesting. I would simplify the heck out of it and really focus on speed--allow someone to generate >10 images at once.

My user test: https://www.loom.com/share/b6d3e697ffbd4dbc94444b3571058b19

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by abhimanyue1998 » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 11:39 PM UTC

breck wrote: post #6

Very interesting. I would simplify the heck out of it and really focus on speed--allow someone to generate >10 images at once. My user test: https://www.loom.com/share/b6d3e697ffbd4dbc94444b3571058b19

Hey! Thanks for that review, appreciate it. Yeah our current speeds are about ~10-12 seconds. 60 seconds is the worst case scenario.

Good point on being able to churn out lots of illustrations at once, we’ll work on that and update soon.

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by wishpal » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 7:58 AM UTC

Tried it out - easy to get started, Nice UI, but i think more context, iteration is needed. I asked for developer frustrated with bugs - it showed me a person with real bugs :).

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

#9

Post by abhimanyue1998 » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 10:07 AM UTC

wishpal wrote: post #8

Tried it out - easy to get started, Nice UI, but i think more context, iteration is needed. I asked for developer frustrated with bugs - it showed me a person with real bugs :).

yeah that's a good feedback, prompt adherence and character consistency is something we are working on actively at this point.

Re: Show HN: Brushless – An AI-first alternative to Illustrator

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Post by breck » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 4:52 PM UTC

abhimanyue1998 wrote: post #7

breck wrote: post #6

Very interesting. I would simplify the heck out of it and really focus on speed--allow someone to generate >10 images at once. My user test: https://www.loom.com/share/b6d3e697ffbd4dbc94444b3571058b19

Hey! Thanks for that review, appreciate it. Yeah our current speeds are about ~10-12 seconds. 60 seconds is the worst case scenario. Good point on being able to churn out lots of illustrations at once, we’ll work on that and update soon.

Maybe something like this should be your UI: https://x.com/tldraw/status/1829194862232821959