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Welcome back to the Generative Path, your weekly infusion of AI-powered creativity curated by ZenRobot to keep you ahead of the curve with the latest tools, trends, and techniques.

This week: we’re moving fast with Resleeve, the AI tool turning fashion sketches into polished mockups in seconds. You’ll learn a ghost mannequin hack, meet artist-educator Maribeth Woodford, and catch a rising trend: AI-powered retro game loops. Add some Lofi Beats and a fresh AI vs. Reality challenge, and it’s all here to inspire your next move. Let’s get into it!

Feature of the Week: Resleeve

Resleeve is changing the game for fashion professionals by transforming simple sketches into hundreds of photorealistic mockups in seconds. Instead of waiting days or weeks for samples, designers and teams can instantly test different fabrics, patterns, and styles, speeding up the creative process and reducing production costs.

Whether you’re building a lookbook, pitching a concept, or refreshing your e-commerce visuals, Resleeve helps you move from idea to execution with speed, polish, and flexibility.

Creative Hack: Ghost Mannequins

Need clean, professional product photos without hiring a model or setting up a photoshoot? Use Resleeve’s ghost mannequin tool. Here’s how:

1. Upload a flat image or simple sketch of your garment.

2. Choose the ghost mannequin option.

3. Resleeve generates a realistic, 3D-style image that makes the clothing look worn, without showing a model.

This is perfect for online stores, lookbooks, or social posts where you want to highlight fit and structure. It saves time, cuts costs, and helps your products look polished and ready to sell.

Community Spotlight: Maribeth Woodford

Maribeth Woodford is the artist and founder behind Dream Canvas Creations, where she uses generative AI to craft vivid, emotionally rich visuals that blend fantasy, bold color, and personal storytelling.

After a corporate layoff, she turned to AI as a creative outlet and quickly emerged as a leading voice in the space. Beyond her art, Maribeth is committed to making AI creativity more accessible: teaching workshops, speaking at events, and bringing AI tools into classrooms to inspire the next generation of creators.

This Week’s Flow State: Lofi Beats

Drift into the soothing pulse of Lofi Beats on Spotify. With mellow drum loops, chilled synths, and nostalgic textures, this playlist is designed to help you focus, create, or simply unwind. It’s a calm and consistent backdrop for studying, working, or quiet moments in between. Press play and let the gentle rhythms guide your day.

AI Trend: Gameplay

We’ve seen some gaming trends going on, we believe this is the next one. AI gaming art has been floating around for a while, but now with Midjourney’s ability to add motion, things are leveling up. Creators can now generate full-on side-scrolling animations with pixelated characters, moving platforms, and looping backgrounds that feel like snippets from a retro game. It’s not a full-blown trend yet, but the tools are in place and the nostalgia is real. We’re calling it now!

AI vs. Reality: Can You Tell the Difference?

This week, we’ve got a brand-new pair of images to test your perception again. Think you can tell which is AI-made and which is the real deal? Take your guess and we’ll reveal the answer in the next issue!

Last week, we kicked off our AI vs. Reality face-off with competitive swimmers, and now for the moment of truth, if you guessed the right one was the real deal, you got it right. The left was created with Midjourney, showing off the program’s impressive ability to render realistic images.

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Stay curious,
David and Ross