What I wish I knew before game-asset prototypes without a designer
A practical, opinionated way to use Leonardo AI for game-asset prototypes without a designer, with the step I always forget.
This isn't a tutorial. It's what I do, and the one mistake I keep making.
The task: game-asset prototypes without a designer. Leonardo AI helps here because hands you an editing toolkit, not just a generator.
What I do differently is the boring one people skip: clean the input before the tool touches it. Garbage in is still garbage out.
Step two, give it one job, not five. The moment you pile on asks, the output splits its attention and you get a polite nothing.
Step three is to set a limit. A timer on the task keeps the tool from becoming a thirty-minute rabbit hole.
The part people skip: check the output against one real example before you trust it. One check beats a hundred promises.
The catch is that it's only as good as the example you feed it. A weak example gives a weak result, and that's on you.
I use it now without thinking, which is the highest praise I give a tool.