Prompt Battle: AI Joe’s Busted Images Go AI Art Contest
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Calling all prompt writers, AI experimenters, digital troublemakers, and photographers ready to turn on the electric lights: UP FOR GRABS IS ANOTHER $25 STARBUCKS GIFT CARD AND A YEAR OF ARTIFICIALLY ENHANCED BRAGGING RIGHTS!
We already have a traditional editing contest for people who want to repair my terrible photographs by hand.
This is not that contest.
This event is for people who want to throw open the AI toolbox, type something strange, and see how far one of Joe’s busted images can be pushed.
CLICK READ MORE TO SEE THE CONTEST DETAILS AND RULES.
DOWNLOAD THE BUSTED IMAGES:
POST YOUR AI ENTRIES HERE:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LS1NKfhh2/
Upload one of my original image disasters to ChatGPT, Grok, Photoshop, Firefly, Gemini, Midjourney, Runway, Kling, or another AI-powered tool, then use prompts and AI features to transform it into something new.
Make art. Make something funny. Make a MOVIE trailer! Just make sure my original busted image is still the starting point.
The challenge begins as soon as this event is published and ends August 31, 2026.
HOW THE AI CHALLENGE WORKS
Choose one or more images from the download file.
Use the original photo as an image prompt, reference image, starting frame, source file, or editing base inside your chosen AI tool.
Then go nuts.
You may use:
- Generative fill
- Generative expand
- AI background replacement
- Image-to-image generation
- AI restyling
- AI animation
- AI video generation
- Multiple AI apps and editing tools
- Prompt-based tools such as ChatGPT or Grok
Your entry may be a still image or a short video.
Videos must be less than 10 seconds long.
CONTEST RULES
- Every entry must begin with Joe’s original busted images.
- Text-only editing, and Joe's Image must still be recognizable
- Videos and Still are welcome. (Videos must be 10 seconds or less).
- Keep all submissions SFW and appropriate for the HoustonPhotowalks community.
- Edit as many source images as you like, but submit only one final entry per busted image.
- Upload your entry as a comment on the dedicated AI contest Facebook post by August 31, 2026.
- Entries posted somewhere else may not be included during judging.
- Joe picks the winner.
SHOW YOUR WORK
Submissions must include:
- The full prompt or prompts you used (and any post-processing)
- The name of the AI app or apps
Do not just say, “I used AI.”
Help everyone learn by sharing what instructions produced the result. That is part of the fun, and it may help other members learn how different tools respond.
You may clean up your result afterward in Photoshop, Lightroom, Affinity Photo, a video editor, or another app. Just mention what you used.
YES, THIS ONE IS A PROMPT-ENGINEERING CONTEST
I get it, there are things to complain and gripe about when it comes to AI. Post gripes or complaints on your own Facebook feed. We're here to have fun, not harsh or attach each other for doing something a bit fun and unusual. Creative Prompt Writing and Friendly comments are welcome. Don't worry, I'm friends with a lot of you on facebook, I'll see your anti-AI posts there. No need to share here too. Cool? Thanks.
The other Fix Joe’s Busted Images event is about hands-on, traditional image editing. This one is about using prompts, generative tools, AI expansion, animation, and whatever other digital sorcery your favorite app provides.
WHY ENTER BOTH CONTESTS?
The two contests test different creative things.
In the traditional contest, you repair or transform the image using your own editing choices and tools.
In this contest, you guide an AI system using prompts, references, revisions, and creative direction. Try the same busted photo in both events. Repair it carefully in one contest, then completely destroy the laws of reality in this one.
Everyone begins with the same collection of awful photographs. The fun comes from seeing how many completely different ideas can grow from the same broken starting point.
This is an at-home activity with no meeting place or set schedule. Experiment freely, be unusual, show us your prompts, and have fun turning Joe’s photography mistakes into artificial intelligence mistakes!