Before you submit AI-generated designs to the Icon, please check for text and image inaccuracies.

By Paula Pyzik Scott
[email protected] / 567-400-4266

The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon are now receiving AI-generated ads and promotional materials. If you use these tools, watch for the following issues.

MISSING OR INCORRECT INFORMATION
I've received AI-generated flyers with wrong dates and non-existent websites. My options are to not use the flyer, crop out the errors or to create a replacement design.

LACK OF REALISM
When I asked an AI platform to create a BlufftonIcon.com flyer, it gave me palm trees. When I asked for a flyer for Bluffton, Ohio, it still gave me palm trees plus a clock tower town hall and a water tower that are all distinctly not from Bluffton, Ohio. 

The Icons will avoid using images of an AI fantasy version of Bluffton or Ada.

BUSY
AI-generated flyers can be very, very busy. For display on the Icons, designs should be scaled to allow reading on desktop and mobile devices.

CONTACT THE ICON
Have questions? Icon office hours are 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. Email [email protected] or leave a message at 567-400-4266.