ELVTR: AI-Aided Graphic Design

ELVTR’s AI-Aided Graphic Design is a six-week live online course running August 20 through September 29, 2026, with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 PM PT. The instructor is Evan Boehm, Group Creative Director at BUCK, whose client work has included OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft. His projects have appeared on Netflix’s The Art of Design, and he has spent over a decade working with machine learning as a design material.

The course is built around a specific premise: AI can be a disciplined creative partner that follows visual rules and constraints you define, rather than an unpredictable image generator. The practical problem it addresses is consistency—most designers can get AI to produce interesting one-off images, but building a coherent brand system across formats and platforms is where current workflows break down.

Who it is for

The course targets working designers already in professional practice: graphic designers and art directors who are producing client work and want to integrate AI without losing visual coherence, and creative directors who need to build scalable brand systems with AI at the production level. It is not a beginner’s introduction to AI tools.

What it covers

The 12 sessions span eight areas: creative direction as a mindset with AI as a strategic partner; model comparison and behavior analysis; managing tokens, context, and reference assets; developing an aesthetic direction and consistent voice; node-based workflows; building world logic and brand systems; scaling across multiple touchpoints; and career positioning for AI-directed creative work.

The final project is an AI-directed brand book covering brand concept, visual system rules, multi-touchpoint applications, and what ELVTR calls an AI Context Appendix—documentation of how AI should be directed, constrained, and evaluated within that specific brand system.

What it does not cover

The course does not teach specific tools or prompt tricks. Boehm’s stated focus is on how to think when tools change—which is particularly relevant given how rapidly the AI image generation market is shifting between models. Students who want to master a specific tool such as Midjourney or Firefly would need to look elsewhere.

The live format with a fixed schedule will not suit those looking for self-paced access.