Working with SD for almost 2 years now, I have also been tracking the (very recent) shift in the influencer market. In the recent 6 month or so, it seems like the era of the fully synthetic virtual persona is stalling, with only about 9% of marketers actively looking for these collaborations in 2026. Despite this, I still see people trying to make influencer ai as a side project. As it has to be done if I want to have a proper workflow, I have been running some tests on facial consistency using different LoRAs and models and also comparing output from sd, nan banana, seedream, flux even. Mostly done this inside of writingmate just to have less mess and to be switching right between models like Claude that i write prompts with, various SDXL versions to see which handles textures better for social media formats. Such kind of workflow seems to save me from juggling five different ui’s subscriptions or api key stuff and also having to deal with a loud and hot PC of mine and instead work from laptop. At the same time, the results are sometimes, still, hitting that uncanny valley or don’t do character distinction as well as I want it to. Even with the higher engagement numbers some claim, the brand caution is palpable. By the way, has anyone here actually secured a paid brand deal with a purely synthetic account in the last six months, or should I stop focusing on the persona & pivot to some AI-enhanced human content instead? submitted by /u/Working-Chemical-337
Originally posted by u/Working-Chemical-337 on r/ArtificialInteligence