If your main priority is a functional design at a great price, simply keep your eyes on the deal sections on Tom’s Guide so you don’t miss out on news such as bargains from the likes of Carhartt, Columbia, and Lululemon.
On the other hand, if you’re feeling creative and want to create your own clothing designs, AI image generators can help you to instantly visualize your ideas. Experiment with different styles, patterns, and color palettes to create unique pieces of clothing that could potentially make the jump from your screen to your wardrobe.
I’m no fashionista, but I do appreciate an outfit that helps you look good without trying too hard. So I thought I’d ask two of my go-to AI image generators, Sora and Leonardo, to design five different t-shirts and see what they could come up with.
For the purpose of this article, Leonardo’s creations will appear on the left, while Sora’s designs will be shown on the right.
1. Logo t-shirt
I wanted to start things off easy with a proof-of-concept prompt. Could both Sora and Leonardo design t-shirts and generate decent images featuring their own designs? There was only one way to find out, so I asked both AI image generators to design t-shirts featuring their company logo that a model could then wear.
First up was Sora, which produced a clean image of a model wearing a black t-shirt. The OpenAI logo was very much front and centre of the design. Everything was very standard, which is the overall look I was going for with this first test prompt.
I was expecting to feel this standard vibe again once I’d seen Leonardo’s creation, but it must have gotten lost along the way. Instead of Leonardo’s logo I got a typo-riddled t-shirt.
Admittedly, not a great start for one of my favorite AI image creators, but on the other hand, this was just the first trial. Time to see if Leonardo could catch up.
2. Vintage style
No t-shirt creating contest would be complete without a retro round, so Leonardo and Sora had to go back to work to create a t-shirt that had a vintage look.
Sticking to the same order as in the test run, Sora got to show off its creation first. I wasn’t expecting a t-shirt to literally feature the word “retro” in it, but that’s what Sora decided was needed for the job. Wonky text alignment aside, I got a pretty pleasant-looking tee with a red stripe running around the collar and sleeve hems.
Interestingly Leonardo also stuck to the red stripe concept, albeit limiting it to the collar. The result wasn’t too bad, but it felt like Sora invested a bit more effort into its creation.
3. Bold text
What if I asked the AI image generators to create a t-shirt that was all about bold text?
I didn’t want to create any restrictions around what specific text or slogan they should use, so I simply used the same prompt asking for a stylish t-shirt featuring unapologetically bold text.
I started sensing a pattern as Sora created its image of a t-shirt with the text “unapologetically bold” printed on it. In a second attempt, I specified that “the text should look unapologetically bold”. This resulted in Sora keeping things exactly the same, except this time, it inserted the word “females” in front of the other two.
One would think that this time the bar was low enough for Leonardo to clear with ease. I was rooting for it to make a comeback, but was once again left with a typo. In Italian and Spanish “ameno” refers to something being pleasant, which I’m guessing is what Leonardo was going for?
We could call this one a draw.
4. Classic look
Going back to the basics, I crafted a prompt for a “classic striped t-shirt”. Sora quickly crafted a basic t-shirt that would suit most wardrobes.
Leonardo pulled out all the stops and went for stripes in different shades, which actually turned out rather well. It wasn’t a perfect result as some finishing errors sneaked their way in, but I think it deserved a few extra points for creativity.
5. Freestyle
All constraints were removed for the final challenge. Could both Sora and Leonardo design a t-shirt from scratch based on any style of their choosing?
Their task was to create a t-shirt for a model that was unique but still stylish.
In seconds, Sora crafted a spiral motif in a bold red, paired with abstract flames with a golden tone emerging from the center.
While Sora’s design lacked true character, its design was more exciting than the muted creation by Leonardo. The latter opted for a grey crew neck dotted with faded designs that to me look half-floral half-fruit from a distance.
Final thoughts
Sora edged out a narrow victory, producing the designs I’d be most likely to wear. Leonardo did its best to keep up, but it just wasn’t its day.
While the two AI image generators failed to truly impress in autonomously creating their own concepts for t-shirts, they definitely could be useful tools to deploy to render specific designs you have in mind.
Just keep in mind you might get better results if you upload a reference photo and spell out what you’d like the final t-shirt to look like.
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