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I made a Pepsi ad with AI — and LinkedIn went nuts

I made a Pepsi ad with AI — and LinkedIn went nuts

AI Snack Pack
July 28, 2025

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🤖 Today's AI Buffet:

🛠️ Swipe of the Day

😱 Micro-Lesson

🎩 Trend to Watch

Swipe of the Day

Step 1: The Concept

What if the Pepsi logo wasn’t just branding...
…but the wave itself?

I imagined a surfer riding through a barrel wave shaped like the Pepsi swirl — bold, cinematic, iconic.

🧠 Step 2: The Prompt (ChatGPT)

I asked ChatGPT to take that concept and come up with a prompt. Here’s a version of the image prompt:

A surfer cuts through an impossibly perfect barrel wave. The swirling water forms the red-white-blue bands of the Pepsi logo. It feels like he's surfing through refreshment itself.

🎬 Step 3: Bring it to Life (Kling AI)

Once the image clicked, I used Kling AI to animate it. Used the End Frame feature of Kling v1.6
The still became a mini-ad — full of energy, movement, and flavor.

👉 Watch the video version on LinkedIn

Micro-Lesson

Art Movement Mimicry 🎨🖌️

Goal: Channel the signature look of legendary art movements—Impressionism, Cubism, Art Nouveau, Pop Art, Surrealism, and more—to give your images instant cultural flair.

Why Emulate Historical Styles?

Instant storytelling – Viewers recognise Van Gogh swirls or Warhol flats in a glance.
Brand personality – Match campaign tone with era‑specific aesthetics.
Creative constraint – Style caps technique options, sparking focused originality.

Snapshot of Movements & Hallmarks

Movement	Visual Cues	Keywords to Drop In
Impressionism	Soft edges, visible brushstrokes, pastel light	“loose brushwork,” “plein‑air,” “dappled sunlight”
Cubism	Fragmented geometry, multiple viewpoints	“angular facets,” “overlapping planes,” “Picasso‑style”
Art Nouveau	Flowing lines, floral motifs, ornate frames	“organic whiplash curves,” “Alphonse Mucha palette”
Pop Art	Flat bold colours, halftone dots, comic feel	“Ben‑Day dots,” “high‑saturation,” “Warhol silkscreen”
Surrealism	Dreamlike juxtapositions, absurd scales	“Dali‑esque melting,” “one‑point desert horizon”

3‑Step Prompt Recipe

Name Movement + Hallmarks
“Pop Art, bold flat colours, Ben‑Day dots”
Define Subject & Composition
“retro scooter profile, centred portrait orientation”
Add Medium/Texture Details
“silkscreen print look, slight ink misalignment”

“Pop Art poster of a retro scooter, bold flat colours, Ben‑Day dots texture, slight silkscreen ink misalignment, thick black outlines, vibrant cyan and magenta palette”

Micro‑Exercise

Pick a movement from the table.
List 2–3 hallmark adjectives.
Craft a one‑sentence prompt.
Generate and iterate—adjust brushstroke size, line weight, or palette until style locks in.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Quick Fix
Style feels generic	Prepend artist reference: “in the style of Kandinsky.”
Colours too modern	Add “period‑accurate palette” or “limited pigments.”
Details too crisp for Impressionism	Use “soft focus, visible brushstroke texture.”

Trend to Watch

Introducing Runway Aleph, a new way to edit, transform and generate video.
Aleph is a state-of-the-art in-context video model, setting a new frontier for multi-task visual generation, with the ability to perform a wide range of edits on an input video such as adding, removing
— Runway (@runwayml)
4:45 PM • Jul 25, 2025