The latest articles on DEV Community by mdgreen18 (@mdgreen18). https://dev.to/mdgreen18 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3303218%2F7d7eeebd-1d64-4939-b486-3b7419f411a4.jpeg https://dev.to/mdgreen18 en mdgreen18 Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:46:22 +0000 https://dev.to/mdgreen18/pencil-portrait-app-4i1l https://dev.to/mdgreen18/pencil-portrait-app-4i1l <p><em>This post is my submission for <a href="https://dev.to/deved/build-apps-with-google-ai-studio">DEV Education Track: Build Apps with Google AI Studio</a>.</em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I went and created and portrait creating that looks like they were hand drawn using only a pencil. The prompt I used to create it was the following: <strong>Build an app that makes portraits that look hand drawn with pencil using the Imagen API.</strong> </p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F1tcwcgz23u4ulrfznzcf.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F1tcwcgz23u4ulrfznzcf.png" alt=" "></a></p> <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__body flex items-center justify-between"> <a href="https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Faistudio.google.com%2Fapp%2Fprompts%3Fstate%3D%257B%2522ids%2522%3A%255B%25221vl6duhYYYdgeVmk27uBSeHun78qRAO3Z%2522%255D%2C%2522action%2522%3A%2522open%2522%2C%2522userId%2522%3A%2522110037270624670762694%2522%2C%2522resourceKeys%2522%3A%257B%257D%257D%26amp%3Busp%3Dsharing&amp;dsh=S-989032522%3A1774650027979079&amp;followup=https%3A%2F%2Faistudio.google.com%2Fapp%2Fprompts%3Fstate%3D%257B%2522ids%2522%3A%255B%25221vl6duhYYYdgeVmk27uBSeHun78qRAO3Z%2522%255D%2C%2522action%2522%3A%2522open%2522%2C%2522userId%2522%3A%2522110037270624670762694%2522%2C%2522resourceKeys%2522%3A%257B%257D%257D%26amp%3Busp%3Dsharing&amp;passive=1209600&amp;flowName=WebLiteSignIn&amp;flowEntry=ServiceLogin&amp;ifkv=AT1y2_XiAHL2mceEvg3hZ_r5hPwFP_-Zj9oHI5jk6x2dToSVk7vndhj7JWu3788cXfNxtfSfX7fx" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link fw-bold flex items-center"> <span class="mr-2">accounts.google.com</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <h2> My Experience </h2> <p>When working through the track, I found it very exciting how quickly the app was created. It was simple to use and it functioned exactly how I was imagining it. This has made me learn that we are only limited now by our own creativity and that there will be plenty of interesting apps being developed. I'm looking forward to diving more deeply into AI in general!</p> deved learngoogleaistudio ai gemini