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Hero Section With Framer and ChatGPT 4o
This is a website hero section created by combining ChatGPT 4o and Framer. It's a great example of how using AI in your web design process can take things to the next level. Read more about the project below (prompts included).
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About the resource
When you're building websites, a lot of time goes into finding the perfect assets for your design. Whether it's 3D illustrations, icons, or images, it takes time to find nice, high-quality assets that take your visuals to the next level.
This is why GPT 4o can be super helpful for us.
Creating assets with GPT 4o
I started by generating a material that I wanted to use on my 3D renders. I simply uploaded a white circle on a black background and asked AI to replace the circle with a 3D sphere that has a really specific material.
Generating the baloon material with ChatGPT 4o.
Prompt
Apply a glossy, heat-sealed mylar material with characteristic sharp creases, reflective highlights, taut surfaces, and industrial folding patterns typical of knot-free balloon construction, featuring hermetically sealed edges that eliminate the need for traditional balloon closures to this circle seen on the image. Make it 3D sphere. Keep the background plain black. Keep the element white, but texture of material nicely visible. Make it look like a Cinema4D render in 8K. Ratio 1:1.
Creating characters and patterns
The next step is to create sketches of where this material will be applied to, along with patterns for each sketch, to make sure the 3D renders won't just be plain white.
I prepared 4 images of letters (simple white on black) and 4 images of different patterns. All were created in Framer, so I just had to export the frames from the right panel to start using them in my prompts.
Letters and patterns prepared in Framer.
You can find these frames on the "Planning" canvas page if you remix the resource project file.
Generating the final assets
Now, we have 3 images for each 3D asset.
A material image
A letterform image
A pattern image
So all we need is a great prompt that can combine all of these into one high-quality 3D render. First of all, I attach these images to my prompt in the correct order (this is important because we're referring to the images in the prompt as "first image," "second image," and so on).
Generating the final 3D asset with ChatGPT 4o.
In the prompt, we're asking AI to apply the material from the first image to the second image, and to apply the pattern from the third image to the material. We do this for all the letters, and that's it!
Prompt
Apply the glossy, heat-sealed mylar material from the first image to the "F" letter in the second image. Apply the pattern and color from the third image to the material. Keep the background plain black. Studio lighting from the top with edge light on the top of the object. Make it look like a Cinema4D render in 8k. Ratio is 1:1.
Animating in Framer
The last step is to assemble all of this in Framer into an animated responsive website. Which is pretty simple.
We drop the images (with removed backgrounds) onto the hero section, add some nice loop and appear effects to give them this floating effect, add a navigation and some text at the bottom, and it's done.
Adding effects to the letters in Framer.
Conclusion
The process of how we build websites is changing rapidly, so we'd better start experimenting more with how AI can be integrated into our workflows in ways that make us faster, or perhaps more creative.
