AI Explored AI Images for Business: Tools, Prompts, and Strategy
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Jan 27, 2026 
Lauren deVane, AI creative futurist and former creative director known as 'your AI auntie', teaches brands how to use AI for design and image generation. She discusses when AI-generated people work, business benefits like speed and lower budgets, and how to choose models and tools. Lauren also outlines a seven-pillar prompting framework and practical workflows for professional AI images.
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From Ulta Creative Director To AI Educator
- Lauren deVane shifted from running social media creative at Ulta Beauty to teaching AI-after discovering MidJourney in 2022 and diving deep into image generation.
- She applied her photography and art-directing experience to reimagine creative workflows with AI for brands.
Nano Banana Changed The Game In 2025
- Lauren highlights Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro releases as game-changers that made AI images usable for business in 2025.
- She credits these models with dramatically improving quality, enabling real-brand asset creation.
AI Amplifies Creative Judgment
- Creativity is not the amount of manual labor you do but the ideas, taste, and perspective you bring to a project.
- Lauren argues AI expands and amplifies your creative ideas rather than replacing them.