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# Design Skills: How to Avoid AI Slop in Landing Pages

**Source:** Meng To’s 22-minute video tutorial  
**Link:** https://x.com/MengTo/status/2062484065748701429  
**Topic:** Turning generic AI-generated landing pages into professional, high-quality designs.

## Key Recommendations (Main Takeaways)

### 1. Typography & Letter Spacing
- Pay close attention to **letter-spacing** (kerning/tracking).
- AI often produces unnatural or overly tight spacing — this is a major “AI slop” giveaway.
- Manually adjust spacing to create a premium, polished feel.

### 2. Use Real Image References
- Don’t rely solely on AI-generated images.
- Provide **real photos or strong site references** as image prompts.
- This dramatically improves authenticity and overall quality.

### 3. Test Fonts in Real Time
- Use tools like **Aura.build** to instantly switch and preview different fonts.
- Quickly experiment with typography options until you find the perfect match.

### 4. Image Generation + Refinement
- Treat AI image generation as a starting point only.
- Always apply **manual refinements**:
  - Add real textures
  - Fix lighting and shadows
  - Remove typical AI artifacts (weird hands, distortions, etc.)

### 5. Better Prompting Techniques
- Master precise prompting, especially for **brand/product names** and style references.
- Use specific, descriptive language instead of vague prompts.
- Strong prompts significantly reduce slop from the start.

### 6. Final Human Touch
- After AI generation, always add unique human elements:
  - Custom illustrations or details
  - Subtle micro-animations
  - Personal creative choices AI wouldn’t naturally make

## Tools Mentioned
- **Aura.build** — Fast AI prototyping with real-time font & layout testing
- **Dreamcut.ai** — Screen recording tool used by Meng To

## Core Principle
**AI is the start, not the finish.**  
A great landing page = 80% human taste + 20% AI generation.  

If you skip the details (spacing, references, fonts, refinements), you’ll end up with obvious AI slop that repels users.

Save this as `Design_Skill.md` and use it as a checklist before launching any landing page.