20+ Mind-Blowing Ways People Are Using GPT-4o to Create Insane Visuals

A few days ago, the ChatGPT team dropped their new GPT-4o image generation model, and honestly... it blew everyone's mind. You can create images in pretty much any style you want—from hyper-realistic to cartoonish, minimal, vintage, and more.

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The most viral style so far?

Definitely Ghibli-style — that dreamy, soft Japanese anime vibe.

That got me thinking — what else can this thing do?
So I went deep into the rabbit hole...
I mean of course Twitter and found insanely creative use cases and tried some of them.

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1. Turn literally anything into a professional product photo

I've been crocheting this top myself. Yeah, I know it's not perfect but who cares. Anyway, I took a quick picture and ran it through the new image generation to make an e-comm style image.
The result? Just much. Clean lighting, shadows, even correct text—which AIs weren't good at in the past.

Then I tried every object in the house — even soy sauce — and it looked too professional.
You can basically create stunning ad visuals in seconds for any platform.

Examples:

• Example 1

• Example 2

• Example 3
• Example 4
  

Even cooler: You can pull a brand's visual style from an existing ad and apply it to your own.

• Style transfer example
  

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2. Blog covers, book designs, movie posters

Create stunning designs in any style.

• Crazy poster

• Another example
  

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3. Make creative and unique diagrams

Perfect for blogs, infographics, business presentations, or education.

• Funny tshirt anatomy diagram
• Infographic ready in seconds
  

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4. YouTube thumbnails

Sketch something, upload it, and ask GPT-4o to turn it into a full-blown thumbnail. You can even specify layout.

• Example 1

• Example 2
• Example 3
  

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5. Design your own invitations

Create fully custom, print-ready invites in seconds.

• Wedding invite example

• AI event invitation

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6. Merge faces or remix photos

Upload two photos, and GPT-4o blends them into something new.

• Face merge example

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7. Turn portraits into anime

Make yourself (or your pet 🐶) into an anime character.

• Anime portrait example
  

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8. Make printable posters, stickers & motivational art

• Poster example
• Funny motivational poster

• Sticker example 1

• Sticker example 2
  

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9. Turn sketches into photorealistic images

Draw something and GPT-4o turns it into a real photo.

• Sketch-to-photo example
  

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10. UI design for websites and apps

Generate mockups, app designs, landing pages from just ideas.

• App design

• UI elements

• Reference + result
  

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11. Custom illustrations

• Detailed illustrations
  

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12. Comics, story panels, and memes

• Comic strip

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13. Design your own toy

• Toy example

• Me & Messi toy
  

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14. Redesign your room

• Living room redesign

• Another example
  

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15. Turn pics into Renaissance paintings

• Example
  

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16. Game assets: characters, items, backgrounds

• Game asset example 1

• Game asset example 2
  

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17. Design your own Greek statue

Upload a selfie, and GPT-4o transforms it into a marble statue.

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## Bonus: Make a short film with Sora + GPT-4o

• Dune-inspired short film

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## Bonus 2: Launch a podcast using AI

• Podcast example
  

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As you can see, there are tons of things you can do.
The only real limit is your imagination—well, and maybe your budget too 😄