Haldiram's Product Mashup Ad Concept

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AI Snack Pack
August 21, 2025

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💡 Step 1: The Concept
What if global fast food collided head-on with Indian street flavors?

a golden tikki patty, layered with chutneys and sev, served in a sesame bun.

This ad celebrates fusion by putting Haldiram’s masala magic inside McDonald’s iconic burger box. The design borrows from traditional Indian motifs — vibrant patterns and spice bowls — while keeping the McDonald’s packaging shape instantly recognizable. The tagline “Taste Collision. Now in a box.” makes the clash sound deliberate, bold, and crave-worthy.

It’s not just a burger. It’s a cultural remix.

đŸ€– Step 2: The Prompt (ChatGPT)
I asked ChatGPT to turn that idea into ad-concept prompts that showcase Indian flavors colliding with global QSR branding. Here’s one example:

“Create a fusion ad featuring a McDonald’s burger box redesigned with Haldiram’s festive Indian patterns in red and gold. Inside, a tikki burger topped with chutney and sev sits proudly. Surround the box with small spice bowls on a patterned Indian tablecloth. Add the tagline: ‘Taste Collision. Now in a box.’ Lighting should be warm and celebratory, evoking the vibrancy of Indian street food meets fast food culture.”

Micro-Lesson

Diagnosing Common Failures đŸ•”ïžâ€â™€ïžđŸ› ïž

Goal: Spot why a generation went wrong—colour drift, anatomy glitches, unwanted text—and know the exact prompt tweaks that fix it.

Failure Symptom → Likely Cause → Fix Matrix

Symptom

Likely Cause

Prompt-Level Fix

Stray colours creeping in

Palette not reinforced, background objects inherit random hues

“limit palette to #ff6600 orange and black only,” “avoid any other colours”

Lighting inconsistent with scene

Ambiguous light description

Specify single source: “golden‑hour back‑light only,” remove conflicting terms

Weird anatomy / extra limbs

Complex pose, lack of reference

Simplify pose; add “anatomically correct,” “natural human proportions,” or crop waist‑up

Style mixing / muddied texture

Multiple style tags collide

Keep one dominant style adjective, delete extras; increase weight: “(cel‑shaded comic style)::1.2”

Unwanted text / watermarks

Model hallucinating signage

Add strong negative: “no text, no watermark, blank space only”

Cropping important elements

No framing guidance

“full‑body shot,” “subject fully in frame,” “centered composition”

4‑Step Debugging Checklist

  1. Isolate the Symptom – what exactly looks wrong?

  2. Identify Root Cause – ambiguous descriptor, conflicting styles, missing negative phrasing.

  3. Apply Single Fix – adjust one prompt clause.

  4. Regenerate & Compare – did it work? If yes, lock that fix; if not, roll back.

Practical Example

Issue: Your cyber‑punk street scene keeps adding random shop signs with unreadable text.
Fix Prompt Snippet:

... vibrant neon cityscape, **no shop signs, no text, blank building facades**, rain‑slick asphalt ...

Generate again; if signs persist, intensify negative weight or add “remove signage” in parentheses weight syntax.

Micro‑Exercise

  1. Generate an image with the intent to produce a known error (e.g., add lots of colours).

  2. Diagnose the error using table above.

  3. Apply one fix; regenerate.

  4. Document before/after; share insights.

Next lesson: Apply a systematic Rapid A/B Loop to iterate in minutes, not hours.

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