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The Downside: A Designer Goes from 150 to 400 Pieces a Month
Estadão spoke with designers about how AI has changed deadlines, prices and workload.
- Profession
- Designer, Illustrator
- Tools
- IA generativa
- Source
- estadao.com.br ↗
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Report date
- October 21, 2025
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
Accounts show companies using AI to demand more volume and clients asking for deadlines that are impossible for human work.
How it went
One designer went from 150 to over 400 pieces a month and suffered burnout. Illustrators report fewer orders and pressure on prices.
Good to know
Agree on scope, deadline and AI use in writing in the contract.
The prompt
I'm a freelance designer. Write a simple clause for my quote explaining deadlines for [type of piece], number of revisions and whether or not I use AI, in language that is clear to the client.
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