From Inspiration to Web Design Using AI

Most people don't fail at AI design tools because the tool is weak. They fail because the prompt is vague.

"Make me a modern landing page" gets you template soup. If you want something with taste, you need to feed the model taste. This is the workflow I use to go from "I saw this cool design" to "this is live on production" without spending two days nudging random prompts.

Step 1: Find a Visual North Star

Open Pinterest, Behance, or Dribbble and hunt for one reference that nails the vibe you want: minimalist, brutalist, corporate, playful, whatever.

Don't collect 25 screenshots. Pick one clear winner.

Step 2: Extract the Vibe into Text

Raw image input alone is hit-or-miss. The upgrade is converting the image into a structured aesthetic brief first.

Upload the screenshot to ChatGPT/Gemini and ask it to deconstruct the design in technical detail.

Analyze this website design. Describe its aesthetic, layout structure,
color palette (hex codes if possible), typography style,
and button designs in a single detailed paragraph.

Now you have a high-signal prompt artifact instead of just "make it look premium."

Step 3: Feed That Brief into a Vibe Builder

Take the extracted paragraph and drop it into tools like TellNova, Lovable, or Tempo Labs. These tools are great at turning language into usable React/HTML+Tailwind output.

Append functional requirements so the result is not just pretty, but useful:

Create a responsive landing page for a tech startup based on this aesthetic,
including a hero section with a signup form.

Step 4: Iterate Like a Builder, Not a Tourist

First generation is draft mode. Don't restart. Direct it.

• "Make the hero text bigger and more bold."
• "Darken the navy background by 10%."
• "Add hover motion on primary CTA buttons."

Keep nudging until the output matches your reference vibe + your product requirements.

Step 5: Export, Connect, Ship

Once the UI is right, export code or publish straight to GitHub/Netlify/Vercel depending on the tool.

At this point, you're done with vibes and into delivery.

Why This Workflow Works

You separate taste capture from code generation. That's the whole game.

If you skip the taste capture step, AI defaults to generic web sludge. If you do it right, AI becomes a fast design-to-code teammate.

Stop prompting "make it modern." Start feeding real design intent.