Building the Doodle Booth: Getting AI to Build Me a Side Hustle: Part 2

 This is part 2 of the "Getting AI to build a side hustle" project. Part 1 can be found here.

After getting to know my interests, Gemini AI came up with a couple of really good suggestions on how to make a little bit of money on the side. The option I have decided to go with is the building of a doodle booth. A doodle booth, for those who don't know (and I was one of them until I started on this project) is a tabletop stand that mimics one of those passport photobooths. The idea is that the artist sits on one side and draws someone on the other whilst peering through a window. The finished drawing it usually fed through a slot at the front, in keeping with the whole photobooth feel.

Now, I like to build things in the workshop and I had an old wooden stand I had built for an event. This saved me a great deal of time when building the framework of the drawing booth and the video below shows the progress I have made so far.

The booth is all made from salvaged wood and other materials. This has always been a running theme throughout all my builds, I guess you can call it my building style. I remember at the time of the original build that I would install little dispensers to hold a collection on mini zines for people to take and read. I think these zine holders fit perfectly with the overall theme of this particular project and I can also use the zine as a means to keep me focused when learning to draw, as these will serve as a great outlet for what I create.

I really like how it's coming along. The AI also assures me that it can coach me throughout the year on how to actually draw something convincing but I think this might just be the most difficult part to be honest. We shall see.