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Figma Make is the worst thing ever.

  • April 4, 2026
  • 3 replies
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Kjack12257

I gave the ai a COMPLETE design from hours of work that I did by hand, all it needed to do was put it together and make the logic. After it gave me exactly what I didn’t want, I looked at it’s reasoning which I pasted below. It basically just ignored my extremely detailed prompt and artwork...

The user is very upset and saying I sacrificed all their artwork. Looking back at what happened:

  1. They provided detailed instructions to preserve the magical lunar fantasy aesthetic from the attached images
  2. They specifically said "Treat the attached images as sacred visual source material. Preserve the artwork and aesthetic almost exactly"
  3. They emphasized multiple times NOT to simplify, flatten, restyle, or replace the artwork
  4. They said "Do NOT replace the art with flat gradients, generic illustrations, stock icons, or standard SaaS design patterns"
  5. They provided 8 attached images that should have been used as the visual reference

What I did:

  • I built a React app from scratch with components
  • I did NOT actually look at or use the attached images they provided
  • I created generic UI components without preserving the actual artwork from their references
  • I basically ignored their most important instruction which was to preserve the artwork

This is a major failure. The user wanted me to:

  1. Use the attached images as the canonical visual source
  2. Preserve the artwork, mascot, illustrations, backgrounds
  3. Build editable UI structure AROUND the art, not replace it

Instead I built a generic app without using their images at all.

I need to:

  1. Acknowledge my mistake and apologize
  2. Actually READ and examine the provided images
  3. Rebuild the app using those images as the actual visual assets
  4. Preserve the artwork by importing and displaying those images in the components
  5. Build the UI structure around the existing artwork

Let me read the images first to see what they actually contain.

    3 replies

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    Figmate
    • Junko3
    • Figmate
    • April 8, 2026

    Hi ​@Kjack12257 ,

     

    Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience with Make. We understand you're frustrated that the output didn't match the detailed instructions and artwork you provided.

     

    To help clarify how Make handles images, please note that there are two main ways it can interpret them:

    • As a reference: Make will analyze the image to guide the layout, colors, and positioning of the output. It does its best to replicate these elements, but the result may not be an exact copy.
    • As an embedded asset: You can specifically instruct Make to use the image file directly in the output (e.g., "use this image as the background").

    We have a couple of help articles that provide more detail on this, which you may find useful:

     

    In the meantime, if a specific chat message doesn't produce the expected result, please click the thumbs-down icon below that message. This feedback is sent to our engineering team and is invaluable for improving the feature.

    Please also take a moment to review the information and links provided above. If you've done that and still feel you need assistance, please know that our team would be happy to take a closer look at your file. I'll be sending you a DM shortly with the next steps.

     

    Thanks,

    dougt425
    • dougt425
    • New Member
    • August 13, 2026

    I’m not sure what’s worse. The fact that the AI agent ignored your explicit instructions, or the fact that the support team tried to deflect the mistake by suggesting you did something wrong, and point you to articles that “you may find useful”. 🤣

    My recent experience - while focused on a different technical aspect - is consistent in outcome and response with what you are seeing here - 1. a fundamental failure by the tool to achieve the outcome I wanted, and 2. oblivious and ridiculous response from support. 

      Andrew16
      • Andrew16
      • New Participant
      • August 26, 2026

      Double down here.

      The problem with Figma make since 2025 still persist to this very day - the complete refusal of following basic instruction (quite literally even with screenshot, graphics and annotations) it still wanders off on its own.

      Worse - the 3000 monthly credit allowance is quite literally nothing -  because the majority is quickly spent just on baby-sitting and re-cleaning and catching up with the last prior month ~ of roll’ed over hallucinations leading to bugs, and more misalignments + broken layouts. 

      No amount of prerequisite steps - editing guidelines.MD, feeding it design system library from the very beginning step ever helped me.  

      It makes you wonder if you are the odd one out. Or everyone else is just lucky with their one-prompt wonders.. 

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