Barnaby Robson

Design

Tutorials, case studies, and analysis of visual communication, from design principles to generative AI tools.

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Woman wearing a vibrant flower crown with extracted colour palette.

Artificial intelligence, May 2024

Nailing brand colours in Midjourney (a follow-up post)

Walk through on how to generate specific colours (using srefs) in Midjourney – an AI image generating app.

A cinematic photograph of a lone figure walking a path through a thin misty autumnal forest, quiet and nostalgic — Murakami's Norwegian Wood as cinema.

Artificial intelligence, Aug 2023

Reimagining Literature: How AI is Transforming the Way We Visualise Books

My workflow for recreating scenes from books using MidJourney

A hand-painted watercolour swatch sheet on pale paper, each block of blue lettered with its name and hex code.

Creativity, May 2023

MidJourney – the unexpected challenge of colour (and how to overcome)

Mastering MidJourney Colors without HEX Codes – using Named Palettes to Nail Branded Visions.

Black and white: Man seated, two women standing, reflection in train corridor.

On photography, May 2021

Classic images which inspire me

A collection of classic images which influence my photography and inspire me to take photographs

Young child in white top looking left in a sunny garden.

Analog, Aug 2014

Adventures in Analog – 3rd batch (rolls 6 – 9)

After my childish earlier attempts with the Nikon FM3A and Pentax LX, i seem to be getting into the swing of things with film SLRs.

Sunset over River Thames, London skyline silhouetted, including The Shard.

On photography, Mar 2014

Adventures in Analog – 2nd batch (Rolls 3 – 6)

After the euphoria of getting my first two rolls of film back…the second batch has been a massive anti-climax. I’d previously shot with the Contax T2 and Ricoh GR1v – two high end film compact cameras. The films were developed by Snappy Snaps in Soho and I was really happy with the results. Since then i’d […]

Black and white baby crawling on concrete surface near outdoor steps.

On photography, Jan 2014

Adventures in Analog – 1st batch (rolls 1 – 2)

Experiments with film photography using a Contax T2 and Ricoh GR1v