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  • How to Build a Product Campaign with Sogni AI

    How to Build a Product Campaign with Sogni AI

    Whether you’re launching your own clothing brand, a handmade skincare line, or the next cult-favorite gadget, a good product campaign is more than just visuals, it’s about coherence, emotion, and storytelling. In a world saturated with digital ads, what cuts through is intention. With Sogni AI, creators no longer need a full production team to bring product ideas to life. You can visualize the entire narrative, packaging, moodshots, lifestyle setups, brand feel, directly from a well-structured prompt. In this Tips & Tricks guide, we’ll break down how to approach product storytelling from scratch: from defining the emotional core of your product to creating the visual assets you need for Instagram, e-commerce, or ad creative. We’ll show how to build full scenes around a product, not just render isolated images. 

    Because great campaigns don’t just show what something looks like, they make you feel why it matters.

    1. Fashion Accessories Editorial (Handbag Hero Shot)

    Accessories are often the emotional centerpiece of a fashion campaign. A handbag isn’t just a product, it’s a symbol of identity, function, and movement. With Sogni, you can generate high-impact visuals that echo the aesthetic of global design brands without needing models or studio access.


    Prompt example:     “minimalist street fashion editorial photo, model in profile walking along textured concrete wall, holding designer handbag, inspired by Japanese urban design, neutral color palette with black and white tones, soft directional lighting, oversized coat and clean sneakers, calm and structured composition, space above for campaign text”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Define scene and model presence: walking, profile, standing
    • Add styling: oversized coat, sneakers, bag as focus
    • Set the tone: neutral colors, concrete textures, calm light
    • Allow space for text: top or side margin

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • PaintOver to overlay logo or campaign name
    • Crop for format variations (stories, portrait, landscape)
    • Zoom Out to add breathing space or background variation

    2. Apparel Product Shot (Stylized Fashion)

    Whether you’re launching a tee drop or building a full clothing brand, your campaign needs more than flat shots, you need mood, movement, and styling. You can generate fashion-forward visuals without models or wardrobe.

    Prompt example:
    “studio fashion photo of oversized graphic t-shirt on hanger, bold lighting with colored gels (red and purple), futuristic shadows on background wall, shirt features large design in center (blank space), editorial high contrast look, clean minimal set”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Start with garment: graphic tee, hoodie, dress, etc.
    • Mention presentation: on hanger, folded, worn (silhouette only)
    • Add mood: bold lighting, shadows, abstract wall background
    • Text/design area: centered blank space for artwork or text

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • PaintOver for design overlays
    • Creating a Solid Background: When generating your prompt, you can include a clean background color (e.g., “white seamless backdrop” or “solid beige background”) to prepare the image for direct use in product catalogs or websites.

    3. Skincare / Wellness Product (Soft, Clean, Real)

    Beauty and skincare campaigns thrive on clean aesthetics, soft natural light, and intimate detail. These campaigns benefit from photorealism and emotional warmth.

    Prompt example:
    “elegant skincare scene for luxury moisturizer jar, soft daylight from side, beige linen fabric as background, natural stone surface, dried flowers decor, glass jar with gold lid in center, minimalist branding, shallow depth of field”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Name the product and material: glass jar, dropper bottle, metal tube
    • Mood: daylight, soft textures, shallow focus
    • Elements: linen, stone, dry flowers, shadows
    • Framing: center focus, space for logo

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • Zoom Out to expand environment
    • Inpainting to tweak textures and edges
    • PaintOver to test packaging variations

    4. Tech Accessories (Futuristic, Lifestyle, Sleek)

    Tech campaigns benefit from contrast — either super clean, modern setups or dynamic lifestyle scenes. The goal: make the object feel like part of a cooler future.

    Prompt example:
    “product photo of futuristic wireless earbuds on concrete block, dramatic top lighting, deep shadows, cool gray and cobalt palette, floating hologram-style UI above the earbuds, realistic texture detail, high-tech mood, blank space above for text”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Focus on form: headphones, smartwatch, stylus…
    • Set the surface and background: metal, wood, dark studio, lifestyle
    • Add energy: holograms, glow, motion blur if needed
    • Leave editable space: above or side for branding

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • PaintOver to add UI elements, price, or names
    • Zoom Out for layout
    • Crop for ad/hero shots

    You don’t need a warehouse, models, or production budget to build product stories. With the right prompts and tools, Sogni lets you prototype campaigns that look good enough to launch, and better yet, inspire.

  • How to Design a Concert Poster with AI Prompts

    How to Design a Concert Poster with AI Prompts

    Designing a concert poster isn’t just about colors and typefaces; it’s about capturing a vibe, translating sound into vision, and pulling people into an experience before the first note even plays.

    With Sogni, creators can channel those moods directly through prompting, building vivid visuals that echo the energy of any show, whether it’s a gritty Rock and Roll set, a family-friendly daytime festival, or a euphoric rave. 

    In this Tips & Tricks edition, we’ll break down how to craft distinct poster styles using just the right language, image tools, and layout guidance. From atmospheric lighting to focal elements, these examples will show how to turn your concert vision into a poster that hits just as hard as the music.

    1. The Rock and Roll Poster, (The Sudden Band inspo).

    This type of poster should scream power, rebellion, and impact. Think bold composition, dramatic shadows, and textures that feel loud. Our goal here is to match the visual intensity of a band that feels like a wall of sound, such as The Sudden, a band based in the Rocky Mountains known for their high-energy tracks, hard-driving guitars, and alternative post-punk style. Their visuals often feature surreal or gritty themes, from hermit crabs under cosmic skies to burning flames and ghostly textures, combining bold typography with strange, atmospheric imagery.

    Prompt example:


    “concert poster for a post-punk rock band called The Sudden, black-and-white forest backdrop with nature figures, surreal lighting effects, handwritten band name, bold sans-serif type, eerie natural textures, slight motion blur, layered smoke and shadows, blank area in center bottom for venue and date”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Start with the genre and subject: concert poster for a post-punk band
    • Set the scene: black-and-white forest
    • Add mood: surreal lighting, eerie natural texture, motion blur
    • Typography: handwritten logo, modern sans-serif
    • Leave space: bottom center for details

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • PaintOver to add custom tour name, date, or venue details
    • Crop tool to refine composition for Instagram story vs flyer formats

    2. The Community Festival Poster (The Picnic Style)

    This style is friendly, colorful, and full of life. Ideal for family or community events, you want to communicate joy, openness, and belonging. Think open-air setting, smiling faces, picnic blankets, music notes, and lush greenery.

    Prompt example:
    “photographic concert poster for a community music festival called The Picnic, outdoor park scene under daylight, large inflatable astronaut installation as visual centerpiece, giant purple octopus tentacles in background, festive family environment, natural colors and cheerful expressions, text in center reading ‘The Picnic’ with red and white gingham tablecloth texture”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Start with the event type: community music festival poster
    • Set the scene: outdoor park, blue sky, trees, picnic
    • Add elements: balloons, instruments, families
    • Tone: colorful, vintage, cheerful
    • Keep space: blank center for text

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • Zoom out for composition
    • Inpainting for cleanup and detail

    PaintOver to refine text areas or apply texture

    3. The EDM/Rave Poster (EDM Festival Style)

    This is where you go all-in on color, abstraction, and movement. An EDM poster needs to feel like it vibrates. Think glowing waves, strobe lights, futuristic energy, and a club/rave mood.

    Prompt example:
    “ultra-detailed EDM festival poster, inspired by EDM music festivals, pulsing neon lights and laser beams, holographic soundwave patterns in the sky, futuristic cityscape at night, glowing crowd silhouettes dancing with hands in the air, immersive lighting effects, blank central space for lineup text, high energy, dreamlike and immersive style”

    Prompt structure tips:

    • Name the style: EDM or rave festival poster
    • Build the vibe: neon, laser lights, abstract waves
    • Set the tone: futuristic, high energy, vibrant colors
    • Include action: crowd silhouettes, dancing
    • Reserve space: center area for lineup

    Tools to use in Sogni:

    • Zoom out to create balanced spacing
    • PaintOver for lineup, ticket info, or links

    Each poster style has its own language and rhythm. Once you master how to speak through prompts and use Sogni’s tools for fine control, you’re no longer designing, you’re composing visual music.

  • How to Prompt Perfect Graffiti Text with Sogni AI

    How to Prompt Perfect Graffiti Text with Sogni AI

    Graffiti isn’t just text spray painted on a surface.t’s texture, rebellion, and rhythm. Whether it’s sprayed across a crumbling brick wall or layered over a freight train in motion, the visual language of graffiti has its own codes and attitude. And when prompting with AI, you’re not just asking for “words”,you’re recreating an entire subculture on the wall of a virtual city.

    Here are  5 tips on how to get it right with Sogni AI.

    1. Start with the vibe, not the word

    Instead of prompting literally for a message (“graffiti that says ‘LOVE’”), begin by describing the scene, the energy, or the aesthetic.

    Try:

    “Urban wall covered in vibrant street art and layered graffitti, cracked concrete surface.”

    This gives the model context to build a convincing graffiti scene where words naturally emerge from the environment. If you just write “text,” AI might return illegible scribbles or typographic chaos. Remember: graffiti is style-first, then message.

    2. Use layout cues, not literal commands

    Want a full mural? A chaotic wall of tags? A single word in bold, stylized form? Examples:

    “One central graffiti tag in bold black spray paint on a clean concrete wall.”
    “Graffiti mural with colorful layered tags and stencil elements.”

    This helps guide placement and composition without getting lost in the syntax.

    3. Trigger style with key graffiti terms

    Sogni’s Flux model responds well to culture-coded terms. Try incorporating references like:

    • “spray paint”
    • “street art”
    • “urban mural”
    • “drips and stencil effects”
    • “Berlin-style graffiti”
    • “throw-up” or “wildstyle” (for more complex lettering)

    This language helps the model focus on visual grammar instead of defaulting to “text = typography.”

    4. Add realism through materials and lighting

    Make it feel like part of the world. Texture and light are essential in graffiti.

    Prompt ideas:

    “cracked concrete surface, deep sunset lighting with golden highlights, realistic 3D spray paint textures, stencil shapes,”

    You’re creating a believable environment, not just “words on wall.”

    5. Use Symmetry and Focal Cues to Anchor the Message

    When aiming for readable or semi-readable graffiti, help the model by anchoring the text visually. Describe the placement, scale, and balance rather than relying on the AI to guess. Use terms that signal composition and intent.

    Try:

    “Graffiti wall with a central focal point, large stylized letters in the middle, symmetrical layout, framed by layered street tags and faded posters.”

    This approach nudges the AI toward a cleaner arrangement where your intended text area stands out, even if the lettering isn’t crystal clear, the design reads as intentional. You’re not fighting the model, you’re steering it gently.

    Pro Tip: Use Flux

    Among Sogni’s models, Flux delivers particularly strong results for graffiti prompts. That’s thanks to its training on high-contrast urban environments, texture-heavy scenes, and stylized visual cues. If you’re trying graffiti, Flux should be your go-to.

    Want more prompt recipes like this one? Follow along at SogniNews.com or check out our artist community on Reddit and Instagram.
    And don’t forget—Freedom to Create, Power to Earn.

  • The Right Way to Add Text to AI-Generated Images

    The Right Way to Add Text to AI-Generated Images

    One of the most common frustrations for creators using AI image tools is this:
    “Why does the AI butcher my text?”

    Whether you’re designing a poster in Sogni Studio or another AI tool, creating a product mockup, or visualizing a campaign concept, you’ve probably run into distorted fonts, broken letters, or gibberish text in the results.

    But here’s the good news: there are better ways to get clean, editable text into your visuals, and it doesn’t require fighting the model!

    This Tips & Tricks guide is here to help you get better, cleaner, and more readable text on your AI-generated images.

    Let’s break it down.

    Why AI Struggles with Text

    Many AI image models — including popular ones like Stable Diffusion and SDXL in  Sogni AI tool suite — are trained to replicate visual patterns, not layout type. So when you ask for a specific phrase to appear in an image, the model guesses what that might look like, pixel by pixel. And that guess often misses the mark.

    It’s not a bug, more so a limitation of some generations of diffusion models. But there are clever ways around it — starting with model selection.

    Solution #1: Select a model designed for text, like Flux

    PROMPT: A warm and fun family game night playing Scrabble with “FLUX ON SOGNI” spelled out in Scrabble letters. Written in paint marker on table: “IS PRETTY GOOD WITH TEXT.”

    If you’re designing a prompt with text, FLUX is currently in a class of its own for that task in the Sogni Studio model lineup. Flux’s advances in rendering text come from recognizing that text isn’t just another visual object — it’s a different class of data that has additional training data and architectural attention to preserve pixel-level accuracy and typography layout, much like a graphic designer would.

    Flux is not perfect, but it can be quite accurate even with several groups of text. For the best chance at a perfect text layout, keep text short or render with a higher batch count to ensure you’ll have a few perfect options.

    Many newer models like Flux have a great understanding of text but don’t have all the niche content and style expertise of our 100+ Stable Diffusion community “fine-tunes” which are still undefeated champions in their niches like Animagine XL for Anime or Pony XL for uncensored and quirky. You can still use these models with text; your mileage may vary, but here are some options that can really help your success rate and workflow.

    Solution #2: Use Placeholder Prompts

    If your goal is layout and structure (say, a campaign poster or a quote card), aim for prompts like:

    • “blank white box for headline text”
    • “empty product label with modern design”
    • “poster with clean text area in the center”

    Once generated, you can open your image in Sogni Studio and use tools like PaintOver to add your real message on top with clarity and control.

    Solution #3: Get the Style, Not the Content

    Instead of forcing the AI to write exact phrases, ask it to replicate text aesthetics:

    • “graffiti lettering on brick wall”
    • “retro pixel-style shop sign”
    • “bold serif headline on vintage ad layout”

    This gives you an atmospheric base. From there, drop the image into your design tool and overlay the actual text you want.

    Solution #4: Generate First, Add Text Later

    This is the cleanest method. Create your scene, focusing on light, balance, and subject placement. Then, after generation, bring in the text.

    Whether it’s in one of Sogni Apps or another AI editing tool, adding typography after the image is generated gives you total control over size, legibility, contrast, and message clarity.

    Bonus Tip: Simplicity Wins

    When prompting, less is more. Instead of:

    “poster that says ‘Dream Bigger’ in modern sans-serif font”

    Try:

    “modern poster layout with space for title”

    This helps avoid weird or incorrect results and makes the image more useful for real design work.

    Final Thought

    Let the AI handle the visuals. You bring the message.

    Whether you’re designing with Sogni Web, Sogni Pocket, or editing directly in Sogni Studio, combining the strengths of both human intention and AI assistance leads to sharper, more impactful creations.

    And if you found this helpful, keep an eye on our Tips & Tricks series; we’re just getting started! 

    Download the Sogni apps (Studio, Web, or Pocket) and start creating your own visuals with text and without! Need inspiration? Explore our tutorials and creative tips on Sogni’s YouTube channel.

  • From Testnet to Mainnet: What You Need to Know

    From Testnet to Mainnet: What You Need to Know

    Sogni’s public Testnet started on October 1, 2024. Here we are almost 9 months and 100,000,000 images later, 2 weeks away from our due date. The doctors have confirmed our collective baby is healthy and still on schedule for Mainnet delivery on July 1, 2025! 

    Nervous? Don’t be. This helpful guide covers everything you need to know, from conception to birth and beyond. A week-by-week look at caring for your new Supernet with advice for caregivers fully integrated throughout. Our whitepaper is a great general resource but let’s get into the nitty-gritty specifically for existing Testnet artists and workers.

    First let’s talk about what stays the same:

    What Stays the Same

    Your account
    After Mainnet launch you’ll log in like normal to the same apps and URLs. Behind the scenes this migrates your account and all its settings from Testnet to Mainnet automatically. Have an airdrop coming? The migration process that happens here will guide you through the claiming process. 

    The experience you know.
    Sogni Studio, Pocket, Web, Fast and Relaxed Workers, Photobooth, and all other Super Apps will continue working just as they do today. You’ll still be able to create images, browse models, enter contests, and run your worker. (There will be a migration process for Fast Worker nodes)

    It’s still free to use.
    Daily Boosts, referral rewards, quests, and contests will continue to give you free ways to create and participate.

    No subscriptions.
    Sogni remains pay-as-you-go. You only spend when you choose to, no locked tiers or monthly commitments.

    What’s Changing at Mainnet

    Mainnet wallets become active.

    The “t” in tSOGNI stands for “testnet” and the test tokens you’ve been accumulating and using will stay behind on the Base Sepolia test blockchain, so spend them if you got em! Around July 1, 2025 as the protocol switches to use the main Base blockchain network those test tokens will no longer load into the app. Your wallet address itself will remain the same but your balances will point to your mainnet SOGNI Tokens and Spark Points.

    SOGNI becomes active.
    Once the TGE (Token Generation Event) occurs, SOGNI will become fully usable within the network. It will be transferable on Base and Etherlink and power all core activity across the ecosystem. It will be purchasable on select exchanges and Dexs including https://aerodrome.finance/. 

    Note that the cost of inference on the Supernet will remain unchanged at a fixed cost of $0.005 or half-a-penny USD per standard HQ render (relative to GPU-time for one 20 step SDXL job as baseline). The price of jobs in SOGNI in Mainnet may fluctuate as the current live market price of the token is factored against this GPU-time exchange rate. 

    Dual-token system becomes active.
    Spark points are simple render credits introduced as an alternative settlement option on the Supernet to SOGNI tokens. Each Spark point represents one free or prepaid render job, specifically the cost-in-GPU-time to do one standard HQ render (20 step SDXL).

    The price of the SOGNI token will fluctuate on Mainnet, as it reflects the average market price across exchanges. This means the amount of SOGNI tokens required to pay for the same Supernet job can vary over time for an Artist. Spark Points are introduced to avoid this exposure to price fluctuations. One Spark Point is always pegged to the cost of a base render job—and that never changes.

    Benefits of using Spark Points:
    – Allows Sogni to give a fixed number of free daily render and other credits to users without the amount of jobs those credits support fluctuating
    – Allows users to conveniently buy credits in this fixed credit model in user friendly in-app purchase methods
    – Securing the economy: Unlike with SOGNI, Spark can’t be transferred or sold once earned, only used to pay for Supernet generations by the account awarded them. This means Sogni can give more generous rewards, airdrops, and Developer & Creator Grants knowing these tokens must be used on the network and can’t be farmed for the open market.

    Accounts will always be able to pay for Supernet jobs in either Spark Points or SOGNI but all in-app rewards like Daily Boost will give Spark Points instead of SOGNI going forward. Native Appstore apps have already been using Spark for rewards but regular Testnet users will start seeing Daily Boost switch to Spark on Testnet this week. –

    Benefits of using SOGNI Tokens:
    – SOGNI tokens will continue to be the main utility token on the protocol, used for many purposes beyond Supernet inference payments to workers,  including future DAO voting
    – SOGNI will be required to stake for worker reward boosts and participating in the staking leaderboard
    – On Mainnet paying for jobs with SOGNI gives a 10x multiplier to leaderboard points. Paid Spark Points gives a 7x multiplier, and free Spark gives a 1x multiplier.

    Leaderboards
    Mainnet leaderboards will be on a regular cycle. To celebrate our Mainnet launch we will be increasing  leaderboard rewards tentatively by 300%. This means users that receive a Testnet airdrop may want to stake against the Mainnet leaderboard for a significant multiplier to their airdrop. All leaderboards: Artist, Fast Worker, Relaxed Worker, Referral, and Staking  will continue on Mainnet. The mainnet staking leaderboard will be tied to a robust new staking pool with multiple perks built into it along with the dedicated leaderboard.

    More details on airdrops.
    – Yes, 60 million token rewards from Testnet Phase 3.0 and Testnet Phase 4.0 will be airdropped shortly after Mainnet.
    – Yes the top 10,000 ranks per leaderboard and Testnet Phase 4.0 and the top 1,250 on each from Testnet Phase 3.0 will receive Sogni token rewards.
    – No, there are no plans for vesting requirements on airdrop rewards. Instead, a strong staking incentive model will be introduced, starting with the first Mainnet leaderboard, which will feature significantly higher rewards as a special launch event to promote early staking participation.
    – NFT rewards including Testnet Warrior Badges for the top 250 Artists, Relaxed Workers, and Fast Workers will be awarded in the same claiming workflow as leaderboard airdrops (or delivered earlier). Mainnet Fast Worker NFTs will automatically be awarded to reliable Testnet Fast Workers workers.

    🚀 How to Get Ready

    • Use them or lose them. Use up your remaining testnet tokens in the next two weeks. See where you are in each Testnet leaderboard using the username search box and see if you can muster a few more ranks for maximum airdrops! 
    • Update your apps. Make sure you’re using the latest versions of Sogni Studio, Sogni Studio Pro, Pocket, or Web.
    • Prepare for Mainnet leaderboards and staking. The Staking will unlock your best experience — faster queues, better rewards, and deeper access.
    • Keep creating. Your contributions will now connect directly to real, on-chain rewards.
    • Stay Tuned. We’ll be tallying up your additional questions and following up with additional answers! Please ensure you’re on our email mailing list (bottom of https://www.sogni.ai/) and attending our weekly Discord Office Hours for the quickest alpha!

    [Read the Sogni White Paper]

  • Infinite Zoom in Sogni: From Rainforest to Atom

    Infinite Zoom in Sogni: From Rainforest to Atom

    A visual tutorial by Josh Cross

    Some tutorials show you how to use a tool. This one shows you how to bend reality with it. In this video tutorial by creator Josh Cross, we follow a journey built in Sogni Studio—zooming from a rainforest landscape all the way down to quantum foam, using nothing but guide images and imagination.

    The idea is simple: each new image becomes the seed for the next, aligning perfectly as we push deeper into scale. It’s a 15-level dive from forest ridge to atomic structure, created entirely inside Sogni, then stitched into a seamless animation using Final Cut Pro.

    But more than a trick, it’s a showcase of control, structure, and storytelling.

    The Process

    Josh begins by defining the structure: 15 levels, each zooming further than the last. Instead of changing style along the way, he locks in a single, consistent prompt:

    Style: photorealistic, highly detailed, professional photography, 8K
    Avoid: cartoon, illustration, unrealistic elements

    This consistency ensures that each frame blends naturally into the next. Each image is selected from a set of four, chosen for its composition and potential to guide the next zoom.

    Sogni’s guide image feature does the rest.

    At 35% strength, Josh brings each chosen image into Sogni Studio, opens the camera settings, and zooms in 4x—framing a new area for the next generation. The model used throughout the process is AlbedoBase XL, for its balance of speed, structure, and visual fidelity.

    The Journey

    Here’s the sequence Josh walks through:

    • Vast rainforest → mountain ridge → forest edge
    • Forest edge → canopy interior → tree → tree branch
    • Leaf surface → microscopic cell structures
    • Plant cells → stomata → interior of the cell
    • Photosystem proteins → pigment molecules → atoms
    • Atomic nucleus → quantum foam

    Each image builds upon the previous one, selected and aligned by hand. The transitions are subtle, yet dramatic—zooming with intent, not just scale.

    Once the images are ready, Josh brings them into Final Cut Pro to animate the zoom and add timing. The result is hypnotic: a perfectly fluid visual journey that feels like one long camera take into the invisible.

    Why It Works

    This tutorial highlights something important: tools like Sogni don’t replace creativity, they reveal it. Josh isn’t just pressing “generate”—he’s directing, curating, and composing each frame.

    By using guide images and zoom control, he turns static generations into a narrative of scale. The prompts don’t change, but the story evolves with each decision.

    It also reminds us that Sogni plays well with others. Bringing your generations into video editors, design tools, or motion software extends what’s possible. It’s about creative flow, not technical silos.

    Try It Yourself

    Want to build your own infinite zoom? Here’s Josh’s approach boiled down:

    • Map your concept in advance (e.g. rainforest → atom)
    • Keep your style prompt consistent
    • Save each image to the gallery as a guide
    • Use 30–40% strength for better visual continuity
    • Frame zooms carefully using the camera settings
    • Animate transitions in your preferred editing tool

    This technique doesn’t require special plugins or hacks—just your vision and some patience.

    Josh’s video shows what happens when you slow down, think like a director, and build your image world layer by layer.We all create. Sogni helps you go deeper.
    Guide the structure. Zoom with purpose. Create at every scale.

  • Breaking Boundaries in Contemporary Art

    Breaking Boundaries in Contemporary Art

    A collaboration between My Name is DAO ✕ Sogni AI

    In contemporary art, boundaries aren’t just there to be pushed—they’re there to be erased. This week, we’re sharing a creative process from artist My Name is DAO, who uses Sogni AI to explore what happens when the familiar is twisted into something beautifully strange.

    Their approach to surrealism is grounded in simplicity: start with what you know, then slowly bend the rules until reality begins to dissolve. With Sogni, that process becomes intuitive. The platform doesn’t just respond to prompts—it follows creative instinct.

    The Trick: Start Real, Then Break It

    It begins with a simple object: a tree, a chair, a bottle. Something recognizable. Something rooted. Then comes the question that opens everything up: What if this didn’t follow the rules?

    That’s when Sogni takes over, acting like a second set of hands—generating new shapes, suggesting impossible combinations, and blending digital textures with the surreal.

    How My Name is DAO Does It

    1. Begin with the Ordinary
    Select a mundane scene or object. It’s the tension between normal and strange that gives the piece its power.
    Tip: Don’t overthink it—simplicity is your foundation.

    2. Add Surreal Disruptions
    Introduce unexpected colors, warped proportions, or dreamlike textures. Let the familiar lose its grip.
    Tip: Ask “What if this belonged in a dream?”

    3. Layer in the Digital
    Incorporate NFTs, generative graphics, or virtual motifs. Place them deliberately where they don’t quite belong.
    Tip: Contrast is your friend. Use it to create friction.

    4. Let It Get Messy
    Color can clash. Shapes can distort. Not everything needs to resolve.
    Tip: When two ideas feel unrelated, try combining them.

    5. Refine with Intuition
    Light, shadow, and texture bring cohesion. Look for where your eye rests—and build from there.
    Tip: Sometimes one small change unlocks everything.

    The Why Behind It

    “With Sogni, I’m not just trying to create images,” says My Name is DAO. “I’m trying to surprise myself. I want to see something I didn’t expect—but that somehow feels right.”

    Their work reflects a process of discovery. It’s less about perfection and more about exploration. About stepping outside known techniques and letting the image emerge on its own terms.

    Sogni acts as both collaborator and mirror. It responds to the artist’s vision while offering new directions, new textures, and new dimensions to work with. It makes the surreal feel natural.

    Try It for Yourself

    This process isn’t about having the perfect concept—it’s about starting somewhere and letting it evolve. Use your own photographs, sketches, or prompts. Keep it open-ended. Let Sogni show you what else is possible.

    Whether you’re creating for yourself, your community, or the blockchain, the goal is the same: to make something that breaks form while staying true to feeling.

    Sogni is available on Sogni Pocket, Sogni Studio, and Sogni web. Start creating at Sogni.AI

    We all create.

  • Inside Sogni AI: A Creative Platform Powered by People and Web3

    Inside Sogni AI: A Creative Platform Powered by People and Web3

    It’s been an incredible eight months since the doors to Sogni Testnet Phase 1 first opened, introducing the world to a bold new vision for Creative AI built on decentralized computing. This isn’t just a progress update. It’s a story of belief, hard work, and a community-driven movement that’s reshaping how artists and builders interact with AI.

    From the beginning, Sogni’s mission was ambitious yet clear: give open-source AI wings, and build a people-powered network for creators that breaks free from the high costs, limitations, and gatekeeping of traditional platforms. Sogni wants AI creation to be fast, affordable, and censorship-resistant—not just for Web3 users, but for everyone.

    The Genesis: A Vision for Decentralized Creativity

    It all began with a simple question: What if the world’s idle GPUs could become a global creative engine? What if we could build a decentralized supercomputer—not for corporations, but for artists and developers—to create without limits? That was the spark that set everything in motion.

    In September 2024, Sogni launched its first testnet phase and opened AI rendering to the public for free. It wasn’t just a technical launch; it was a real-time experiment in digital equity. From that moment on, the Sogni Supernet began to grow—driven not by corporate infrastructure, but by the contributions of everyday users and creators.

    Building Momentum

    Over the past seven months, the pace hasn’t slowed. The team—now 12 full-time members strong—has shipped product updates, hosted community events, and refined a vision that gets sharper with every iteration. What began as a testbed is now a creative force.

    The heart of that force? The tools.

    Evolving the Sogni Platform

    Sogni didn’t stop at providing access to compute power. It built a full creative stack for artists and developers:

    • Sogni Web: Reimagined as a fully featured creative platform accessible right from the browser. It brings powerful AI rendering capabilities to users no matter the device.
    • Sogni Studio Pro (macOS): A toolset for speed and control. It now includes real-time pose and facial expression capture via live camera, plus Instant-ID for model-guided face transfer. Updates have also improved worker performance and gallery usability.
    • Sogni Pocket (iOS): Creation on the go, with advanced features once exclusive to desktop. From pose capture to ControlNet tools like Depth Map and PaintOver, mobile users now have full creative agency.
    • Telegram Sticker Bot: A lightweight way to build and share art as stickers.
    • Eliza Agent Plugin: Brings Sogni into agent workflows, expanding its use beyond static image generation.
    • Sogni SDK: A robust SDK that allows developers to integrate Sogni’s capabilities into their own apps and services.

    Alongside those tools, the platform now supports multiple aspect ratios, size presets, and multilingual prompt enhancements—a nod to the wide range of users shaping its evolution.

    A Living Laboratory

    At the center of it all is the Sogni Testnet. In just eight months, over 360,000 users have joined, generating more than 71 million AI images. The network is powered by 863 community-contributed GPU nodes—both Macs and high-performance GPUs—delivering performance that rivals any centralized system.

    Each phase of the testnet has expanded on the last:

    • Phase 1: Launched with open access and no tokens, purely to stress-test the system.
    • Phase 2 & 3: Introduced tSOGNI testnet tokens, bringing incentives and structure.
    • Phase 4 (current): Extended through July 2025 with enhanced airdrops, deeper participation, and visibility into a growing leaderboard ecosystem.

    More than just a test, the network has become a collaborative space where speed, access, and creative freedom are constantly redefined.

    This is only the beginning. In Part 2, we’ll go deeper into the infrastructure that powers Sogni—from the SDK and Supernet to the real-world partnerships that are shaping the creative economy. Stay tuned.

  • The Art of Elegant Dissolution: A Surreal Painting Prompt

    The Art of Elegant Dissolution: A Surreal Painting Prompt

    By Badoiu Valentin @SirDevil

    In an age where digital art races toward complexity, there’s something profoundly moving about simplicity — a quiet figure, a flowing texture, a gentle act of disappearing into the world.
    This painting style embraces grace over chaos, emotion over spectacle — an ode to elegance, transformation, and timeless beauty.

    Imagine a world where people melt into golden skies, where umbrellas, violins, satchels, or balloons slowly dissolve into shimmering streams of paint — as if memory itself were slipping away.
    With just a few delicate elements — texture, drip, light, and shadow — you can create surreal masterpieces that feel carved out of dreams.

    Today, I’m sharing a carefully crafted prompt template that captures this unique style, so you can create your own scenes of delicate transformation.

    The Heart of This Style

    • Simplicity first: One figure, one background, minimal clutter.
    • Elegant dripping: Paint flows naturally from body and surroundings, blending subject and world.
    • Rich, sculptural textures: Heavy impasto paint that looks almost 3D — like molten wax or liquid gold.
    • Soft, emotional lighting: Dark but luminous — evoking memory, longing, peace, or gentle sorrow.
    • Organic movement: Drips, cracks, flows — always natural, never violent.

    It’s less about shocking the eye, and more about whispering to the heart.

    Prompt Template: Elegant Surreal Dripping Painting

    Use this structure to craft your own artworks:

    [Subject]:
    A surreal, highly textured painting of [describe figure — e.g., a faceless man in a black suit, a cloaked traveler, a standing figure holding an umbrella or staff].

    [Pose and Setting]:
    The figure stands [position — e.g., motionless, quietly, elegantly] against a [background color or texture — e.g., golden, glowing, cracked wall; misty ocean sky].

    [Dripping and Melting Details]:
    Thick streams of [paint colors — e.g., black and gold, sapphire blue and silver, deep emerald and ash gray] melt from the figure’s body, clothing, and any objects they hold, dripping downward gracefully across the canvas.

    [Background Dynamics]:
    The background itself [action — e.g., cracks, melts, liquefies], releasing streams of [color — e.g., glowing amber, soft silver, molten sapphire].

    [Texture Style]:
    Rich 3D impasto effect, with paint resembling [specific texture — e.g., molten wax, liquid honey, cracked stone, flowing silk].

    [Lighting and Mood]:
    Soft, moody lighting. Emotional contrast. Elegant and minimalistic — evoking transformation, memory, or peaceful dissolution.

    Three Examples — With True Variety

    Let’s breathe life into this style with a few distinct visions:

    1. The Last Lightkeeper

    A surreal, textured painting of a faceless woman in a flowing deep teal dress, holding a glowing lantern. She stands silently against a misty indigo sky brushed with soft stars. Thick streams of teal, silver, and faint gold paint melt from her dress, the lantern, and the air itself, dripping in long elegant currents. The sky gently fractures, releasing rivers of molten silver. Heavy sculptural textures and gentle, luminous lighting evoke quiet hope and distant dreams.

    2. The Quiet Fisherman

    A surreal, heavily textured painting of an old man in a worn olive-green raincoat, clutching a wooden fishing rod. He stands against a cracked pale blue ocean wall. Moss green and faded ivory paint flow from his coat, rod, and boots, dripping naturally into the canvas like rain on old stone. The background peels like weathered paper, leaking misty streams of faded sea colors. Sculptural 3D paint, soft melancholy light — timeless and deeply grounded.

    3. The Velvet Dreamer

    A surreal, richly textured painting of a faceless girl wrapped in a crimson velvet cloak, seated on a stone bench. She rests quietly against a golden autumn forest backdrop. Deep red, copper, and warm amber paints melt from her cloak and the trees around her, dripping heavily but gracefully downward. The forest background softly liquefies into streams of molten copper. 3D impasto textures and warm emotional lighting evoke nostalgia, warmth, and quiet wonder.

    Closing Thoughts

    In this style, stillness becomes powerful, and melting becomes meaningful.
    Every drip, every fracture, every flowing line whispers a small story about memory, change, and beauty beyond words.

    Use the template to craft your own visions — change the colors, figures, or moods — and let each creation feel like a soft elegy to the passing of time.

    If you create something inspired by this method, I would be honored to see it.

    We All Create.

  • Direct by Design: How PaintOver Bridges Control and Imagination

    Direct by Design: How PaintOver Bridges Control and Imagination

    In the flow of creation, there’s a moment when you want to say, “Yes, but more like this.” That’s exactly where PaintOver comes in—now available in Sogni AI.

    PaintOver in Sogni Pocket for iPhone and iPad gives artists direct, tactile control over their guide images. Want to add sunglasses to a character? Mask out a distracting shape? Paint in a jacket or adjust just the light on the face? You can do all of that—without writing a single prompt.

    This feature is designed for creators who think visually and want tools that bend to their style, not the other way around. PaintOver lets you touch your image directly, then lets the model reimagine your intention with just a tap of Imagine.

    What You Can Do with PaintOver:

    • Emphasize a focal point
    • Erase unwanted elements
    • Adjust tone or lighting locally
    • Add text, symbols, or graphic flourishes
    • Modify your character (add glasses, hats, etc.)
    • Blend hand-painted and generative processes

    How It Works:

    1. Choose a Guide Image to use as your starting point.
    2. Tap PaintOver to enter painting mode.
    3. Use the brush tool to paint directly on the image. It doesn’t need to be perfect.
    4. Enable OverPaint (bottom-left toggle) to let the model interpret your additions.
    5. Tap Imagine and watch your new version come to life.

    💡 Tip: Lower the strength slider below 50% for more imaginative reinterpretations with just enough control.

    For Iterative Workflows:

    Turn on Auto-Refresh to evolve your image step-by-step. Each result becomes your new canvas. It’s like having an infinite sketchbook that learns with you.

    Why It Matters:

    PaintOver isn’t just another editing tool. It’s a bridge between human intuition and AI amplification. It’s about collaboration, not automation. And it keeps the artist at the center—where they belong.

    We All Create