questioning my whole portfolio writing process here. been debating: should i even bother trying to remove AI from text in my case studies, or is it actually better to write everything manually from scratch?
background: i’m an illustrator who recently started taking on more brand projects. so i’m writing more case studies now than i used to. i’ve been using AI to structure the narrative and then editing heavily, then running through a humanizer. but honestly the output still feels off to me. it’s technically “clean” but lacks the specific detail and texture that makes good portfolio writing stand out.
i think the issue is that trying to humanize AI text loses the personal specificity that makes portfolio work compelling. like AI can say “i took a research-first approach” but it can’t replicate the actual story of the weird client meeting where the brief changed three times and how that shaped the final direction.
has anyone found a humanizer that’s actually good at keeping injected personal details through the process? or is the answer just that removing AI from text and replacing it with real writing is the only approach that works for portfolios
The remove AI from text vs write from scratch question is real for portfolios specifically. my opinion: case studies are one of the few places where the personal detail and specificity of real writing matters so much that humanizers can’t really help. the story of how a project actually unfolded is unique to you
How to humanize AI text for portfolios: i’ve given up trying to humanize AI-written portfolio content. the output always feels slightly off in a way that’s hard to articulate. for pitches and proposals humanizers work fine. for portfolio writing i write from scratch and just use AI to outline
@pixelrage47 same conclusion. the specificity problem is real. ‘i worked with the client to refine the brief’ sounds the same as AI-written. ‘the brief changed three times because the founder kept coming back with new competitor examples’ sounds like a real story. humanizers can’t manufacture that detail
Remove AI from text for portfolio: the question is what you’re actually trying to achieve. if the goal is passing a detector check, humanizers help. if the goal is writing that actually impresses portfolio reviewers, there’s no substitute for real writing with real specifics
The portfolio writing discussion is useful because it highlights what humanizers actually are: tools for reducing AI pattern signatures, not tools for making writing genuinely good. those are different things and case studies need the latter