My Infographics Using AI, is Not About the Prompt!
My Infographics Using AI, is Not About the Prompt!
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by Jocelio Ferreira
PUBLISHED FEB 23, 2026
People often ask me:
“Which app do you use to create your LinkedIn infographics?”
The answer surprises them. It’s not a specific design app. It’s not a secret software. It's a regular AI, most of the time, I use ChatGPT (though any AI capable of generating images can work). But here’s the important part: The real difference is not the prompt.
It’s how you “worm-up” the AI before asking for the image.
1- Start a Brand-New Conversation
1- Start a Brand-New Conversation
I always begin with a fresh chat. Before asking for any image, I simply talk about the topic.
I ask questions;
I check what I already know;
I sometimes ask very basic (even “silly”) questions.
Why? Because I am setting the tone and context of the conversation. This “warm-up” stage aligns the AI with:
The subject;
The level of depth;
The perspective I want to explore.
This is what I call grounding the system before generating visuals.
2- Define the Audience and Platform
2- Define the Audience and Platform
Once the topic feels clear, I explain where the content will be used. For example:
LinkedIn;
Facebook;
A lecture;
Teaching materials;
General public audience.
Context changes everything. A LinkedIn infographic is not designed the same way as a classroom slide or a conference visual. When you define:
Tone
Audience
Platform
You reduce randomness and increase alignment.
3- Ask for Visual Strategy (Before Asking for the Image)
3- Ask for Visual Strategy (Before Asking for the Image)
Before requesting the infographic, I ask: “How would you suggest presenting this visually?” Important: I ask for text suggestions first, not an image generation yet. At this stage I am guiding the system, avoiding writing a long, complex prompt, and refine structure before generating visuals.
By doing this, the AI’s creativity becomes aligned with the topic, the audience, and the purpose. Only after that do I request the infographic.
3.1- Example: “Privacy & AI – Myth-Busting”
3.1- Example: “Privacy & AI – Myth-Busting”
After warming up ChatGPT on the topic of workplace AI privacy, I asked for a diagram-style infographic. Here was the actual prompt (very simple):
“Can you please create the following as a diagram image?”
"Privacy & AI (Myth-Busting)
Do you use AI tools provided by your employer?
All information there can be seen and audited by your company.
Two columns: The first column: This doesn’t mean:
• Your data is public
• Someone is “reading your chats”
• The tool is unsafe
The second column: It does mean:
• The account is part of the company’s digital infrastructure
• Activity may be logged or audited under company policy
• Information entered is treated as organizational data
On the baseboard:
A simple guideline I share with clients:
If you wouldn’t put it in a work email or internal document, don’t put it into a work-managed AI tool."
“© Jocelio Ferreira — AI Workflow Guide — 2026”
The result was aligned, not because the prompt was complex, but because the conversation was already prepared. This is workflow thinking.
4- Common Problems Generating Images with AI
4- Common Problems Generating Images with AI
AI image generation is powerful, but not perfect. Here are common issues:
4.1- Spelling Errors
4.1- Spelling Errors
Sometimes it looks like AI “eats” letters.This is not because the AI forgot how to spell.
It’s a limitation of image rendering. Sometimes fixing a spelling issue is more complicated than recreating the image entirely.
4.2- Over-Creativity
4.2- Over-Creativity
If you don’t define tone or audience clearly, the AI fills the gap with its own creative interpretation. That can be beautiful, or completely unusable.
5- How I Fix Image Problems
5- How I Fix Image Problems
5.1- Edit the image manually many professionals use:
Canva;
Photoshop;
PowerPoint.
I used to use Inkscape, not because it is better, but because I am familiar with it. Sometimes manual editing is the fastest solution.
5.2- Ask the AI to fix it you can describe the issue:
“There is a spelling mistake in the title.”
“The text alignment is off.”
“The font size is too small.”
Sometimes it works perfectly. Sometimes it doesn’t, especially if the issue is a generation glitch that the AI cannot properly “see.”
5.3- Ask the AI to Describe the Image as a Prompt, this is one of my favorite strategies. You can ask:
5.3- Ask the AI to Describe the Image as a Prompt, this is one of my favorite strategies. You can ask:
“Write a prompt to recreate this image in the future.”
“Describe this image as a prompt for another AI.”
Then you copy that description and paste it into a different AI tool, or start a new chat with the same AI. I often used to use different AI platforms this way and it works surprisingly well. This approach makes your workflow transferable across systems.
The beauty of AI is that you can achieve similar results from different perspectives. You just need to adapt your workflow to match your style.
© Jocelio Ferreira — AI Workflow Guide — 2026
© Jocelio Ferreira — AI Workflow Guide — 2026
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