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PAPERS: Sketching and generative AI Location: 40 George Square, LG.09 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/george-square-40-lecture-theatres Session Chair: Amos Scully, Rochester Institute of Tech Session Chair: JanWillem Hoftijzer, Delft University of Technology | |
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Friend and foe: Characterising (counter)productive prompting of generative AI to supplement exploratory sketching 1: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; 2: University of Canterbury, New Zealand Text-to-image Generative AI (T2I GenAI) tools have become commonplace in design practice and education, raising important questions about their role alongside exploratory sketching. This article explores T2I GenAI as an emerging visualisation modality that alters how designers create and explore ideas. Specifically, we examine the acute tensions between GenAI’s near-instantaneous, high-fidelity, text-driven outputs versus the ambiguous, iterative, and reflective act of traditional sketching. We report on a one-day ideation activity by 13 student designers, in which we analysed 1292 prompts, generated imagery, alongside reflective survey data to uncover patterns of productive and counterproductive T2I GenAI use. We outline prompting behaviours that characterise (counter)productive sketching behaviours, including broad exploration, reinterpretation, ambiguity and design fixation. Through our findings, we contribute practical prompting strategies to employ T2I GenAI to support and stimulate traditional sketching. As such, we provide insights on how AI can augment and challenge the cognitive and creative value of sketching. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1595
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