{"id":12157,"date":"2026-05-04T18:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12157"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:45:25","slug":"devil-wears-prada-2-artists-work-looked-ai-how-she-did-it-is-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12157","title":{"rendered":"‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ artist’s work looked AI: How she did it is going viral"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Forget AI replacing human artists\u2014The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> just proved that human artists can replace AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The new movie, a long-awaited sequel to 2006\u2019s The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>, sees the return of star Meryl Streep as iconic fashion editor Miranda Priestly. It begins with Priestly in a PR crisis, sparking a slew of online hate. That includes memes like an image of Priestly dressed as a fast-food worker captioned, \u201cWould you like lies with that?\u201d<\/p>\n

The image is only briefly on screen, and at first glance, many moviegoers assumed it was AI-generated. After all, on the internet of 2026, it most likely would be\u2014an internet troll likely isn\u2019t going out of their way to craft the image by hand.<\/p>\n

But after The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> hit theaters on May 1, digital artist Alexis Franklin took to social media to set the record straight: She\u2019s the one who created the artwork, not AI, at the request of director David Frankel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Instagram<\/a>, Franklin posted the artwork along with a timelapse of her digital painting process. \u201cAbsolutely no disrespect to Queen Meryl, but this is something I would\u2019ve painted in my free time, so when they asked me to do this it was nothing but fun,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n

Franklin also shared her art on X<\/a>, writing that her Instagram post had been \u201cflooded with comments of relief that this gag in The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> was created by an actual human (me), so I figured I\u2019d also post it here because I think these companies should get their flowers when they hire an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The story behind Franklin\u2019s artwork quickly went viral, with her X post amassing 3.7 million views. Many users praised the Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> team for staying true to the pro-artistry message of their film and hiring a human artist, even when using an AI-generated image would have made sense for the plot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n