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Glenn Williams

AI Art Creator & Adobe Firefly Ambassador | Surreal visuals & glitch aesthetics

I Took the Slow Road on Purpose

Jul 6, 2026

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5 min read

I Took the Slow Road on Purpose

Ten years at a workbench taught me not to build from a kit. Here is what the first real paycheck fixed.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
How I Built a Working Portfolio With Claude Design

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

How I Built a Working Portfolio With Claude Design

I described a website and a website appeared. That is the marketing version. Here is the real one.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
Burnout Is Not the Problem

May 22, 2026

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3 min read

Burnout Is Not the Problem

The fighting is. A few thoughts from inside the quiet period.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
How I use Adobe Firefly every day, and the hidden pictures formula that took me three months to crack

Apr 28, 2026

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7 min read

How I use Adobe Firefly every day, and the hidden pictures formula that took me three months to crack

#AdobeFireflyAmbassadors #Ad

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
Building "The Aperture: Episode 1, The Artist"

Apr 27, 2026

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14 min read

Building "The Aperture: Episode 1, The Artist"

A Production Retrospective on AI-Driven Cosmic Horror

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
What 48 Images Taught Me About How Nano Banana 2 Actually Reads Prompts

Apr 17, 2026

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9 min read

What 48 Images Taught Me About How Nano Banana 2 Actually Reads Prompts

Two days, two rounds, ten variations, one rubric. The question started as prompt comparison. It ended as a map of how Nano Banana 2 actually reads language.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Gave NB2 a 24-Instruction Design Brief for a Single Coffee Ad

Apr 15, 2026

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13 min read

I Gave NB2 a 24-Instruction Design Brief for a Single Coffee Ad

The most effective instruction wasn't a font, a color, or a layout. It was a restriction.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Sliced a Cloud in Half and Sold It as Perfume

Apr 14, 2026

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13 min read

I Sliced a Cloud in Half and Sold It as Perfume

NB2 doesn't just style ads. It redesigns the anatomy of impossible things to match the industry.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Tracked Every Metric on X for 56 Days Across 4 Payout Cycles. Here's What Actually Moves the Needle.

Apr 13, 2026

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7 min read

I Tracked Every Metric on X for 56 Days Across 4 Payout Cycles. Here's What Actually Moves the Needle.

56 Days. 4 Payout Cycles. The Three Signals That Tracked With Revenue.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Trained Adobe Firefly on My AI Mascot. Here's What Survived.

Apr 10, 2026

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11 min read

I Trained Adobe Firefly on My AI Mascot. Here's What Survived.

16 training images. 12 stress tests. A fidelity map that shows exactly where custom models break.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
AI Just Made a Full Ad Campaign. URL, Dates, and All.

Apr 9, 2026

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10 min read

AI Just Made a Full Ad Campaign. URL, Dates, and All.

I asked NB2 for social media ads. It generated product boxes, software interfaces, Instagram mockups, a conference URL, and event dates I never prompted.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
From Prompt to T-Shirt: Getting Clean, Merch-Ready Graphics from AI

Apr 8, 2026

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9 min read

From Prompt to T-Shirt: Getting Clean, Merch-Ready Graphics from AI

I lost my character completely, fixed it with six words, and ended up with a collectible figurine that scored 9.70/10.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
One Model, Five Genres: AI Book Covers That Actually Look Right

Apr 7, 2026

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10 min read

One Model, Five Genres: AI Book Covers That Actually Look Right

NB2 doesn't just generate book covers. It understands what makes each genre look like itself.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
The Prompt Formula That Makes Thumbnails Pop

Apr 6, 2026

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10 min read

The Prompt Formula That Makes Thumbnails Pop

I tested 24 YouTube thumbnails with Nano Banana 2 and accidentally discovered it has the best text rendering in AI.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Tested 6 Ways to Split Seasons in Firefly

Apr 3, 2026

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10 min read

I Tested 6 Ways to Split Seasons in Firefly

The Calendar Design Won't Work, But Something Else Did

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Added One Impossible Instruction to a Standard Firefly Prompt

Apr 2, 2026

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10 min read

I Added One Impossible Instruction to a Standard Firefly Prompt

It Scored 1.56 Points Higher

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Asked Firefly to Break Gravity for Some Objects But Not Others

Apr 1, 2026

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11 min read

I Asked Firefly to Break Gravity for Some Objects But Not Others

Here's Where It Falls Apart

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
Two Words Changed My Firefly Results by a Full Point

Mar 31, 2026

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10 min read

Two Words Changed My Firefly Results by a Full Point

Then I Found a Third Option That Beat Them Both

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Tested Both Directions of Scale Illusion in Adobe Firefly

Mar 30, 2026

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9 min read

I Tested Both Directions of Scale Illusion in Adobe Firefly

One of Them Has a Serious Problem

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
The Metrics That Didn't Move Might Be the Ones That Matter Most

Mar 28, 2026

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3 min read

The Metrics That Didn't Move Might Be the Ones That Matter Most

Impressions swung 2.3x. Bookmarks swung 6x. The payout didn't care.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Put a Storm in a Coffee Cup. 4 AI Models Solved It 4 Different Ways.

Mar 27, 2026

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9 min read

I Put a Storm in a Coffee Cup. 4 AI Models Solved It 4 Different Ways.

What happens when you give AI a container it cannot see through.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
Why "Premium" AI Models Keep Scoring Worse

Mar 26, 2026

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10 min read

Why "Premium" AI Models Keep Scoring Worse

Flux 1.1 Pro: 8.50. Ultra: 7.83. Ultra Raw: 7.46. The pattern holds across images and video.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
Every AI Model Agreed on the Best Miniature World

Mar 25, 2026

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12 min read

Every AI Model Agreed on the Best Miniature World

Four models. Sixteen images. Not one scored below 8.78. Here is the formula.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
The Container That Turned a 6th-Place Model Into #1

Mar 24, 2026

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11 min read

The Container That Turned a 6th-Place Model Into #1

How Nano Banana Pro went from 8.26 to 9.23 without changing a single word of the prompt.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
I Scored 176 AI Images. The Model Mattered Less Than I Thought.

Mar 23, 2026

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13 min read

I Scored 176 AI Images. The Model Mattered Less Than I Thought.

How container choice and ecosystem design outperformed switching between 12 AI models.

Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams
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