HOW I USE AI IN MY CONTEMPORARY FINE ART & VISUAL DESIGN PRODUCTION AND PROCESS
Kaeli VanFossen is a San Diego-based contemporary fine artist and visual designer with 30+ years of experience. This page breaks down how she integrates AI across both sides of her practice — fine art and visual graphic, web, and brand design. AI serves as a conceptual and supporting tool: exploring composition, color, and subject studies for paintings; moodboarding and iterating visuals for design clients; and refining her own writing and ideas. Every output is hand-refined and finished by Kaeli — in Photoshop, on canvas, or in client deliverables. The AI never produces the final work; it's a thinking and sketching tool, often trained on her own existing body of art.
- BY KAELI VANFOSSEN.
"In both my fine art and design work, AI is a pre-production sketching and thinking stage, never a replacement. It enhances the efficiency of my process from idea to revisions — and then the project moves to my desk, or easel, where my own skills and experience finish the artwork and design in my own original vision and refined taste."
My Stance
I love AI — and I think about what it costs.
I’ve chased the bleeding edge of technology my whole career, with creativity as the reason why. My position on AI isn’t a single feeling — it’s the place where several honest ones overlap.
People who find AI genuinely exciting and useful — for making, teaching, and exploring
People who care that human skill, taste, and authorship still lead the work
People mindful of the environmental and community cost of AI infrastructure
People who want innovation to advance responsibly, not at any cost
I am here
You don’t have to pick a side. You can love what AI makes possible and still insist the infrastructure behind it becomes safer, fairer, and more accountable to the people living beside it. That’s not a contradiction — that’s paying attention.
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Our Process
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Plan with Purpose
Together, we outline a path forward that’s realistic, strategic, and tailored to your specific needs.
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Collaborate Openly
You’re part of the process. We keep communication open and decisions shared—no black boxes or surprises.
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Adapt as Needed
Every project is different. We stay flexible and responsive to make sure the process fits your flow—not the other way around.
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Deliver with Confidence
When we deliver, it’s not just a finished product—it’s a solution you can trust, backed by real care and effort.
A Lexicon of My Signature Style
Prompt vocabulary · AI as creative medium
This is the organized vocabulary I use when prompting AI image models to draft conceptual studies for paintings I later refine in Photoshop and finish by hand on canvas. Each slide groups the recurring phrases by their function in a prompt — from medium, to composition, to mood — with the top variations of phrases I return to most. It's both a working tool and a map of my visual language.
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WHAT SETS US APART
Integrity, creativity, and empathy shape the way we work. These aren't just words—they’re the foundation of everything we build. We believe in doing great work, building real relationships, and making it easy for you to get the results you’re looking for.
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