TL;DR
What did al_borland use ChatGPT for?
Because real concert tickets are plain or digital-only, someone giving tickets as a birthday gift had ChatGPT design mock tickets based on the concert's promo image and printed them on card stock. They call it "good enough" for a symbolic gesture. They had used Canva and Photoshop for this kind of thing before.
What they did
They gave ChatGPT the concert's promo image and had it make up a set of concert tickets to go inside the birthday card, then printed them on card stock.
How it went
They call it "good enough" for a symbolic gesture. They had used Canva and Photoshop for this kind of thing before.
Worth knowing
- They say ChatGPT still did some things they didn't like, and usage limits got in the way. Check names, dates and spelling before printing. It's a keepsake, not a real ticket.
- Price check: ChatGPT: free plan; Go: US$8/month (checked Nov 1, 2026).
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Try it yourself
Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.
Using this concert's promo image as the style guide, design a printable keepsake ticket for [artist], [venue], [date]. Add "Happy birthday, [name]" and seat details: [section/row]. Make it a wide 2:1 shape with a tear-off stub and readable text, and don't copy any real barcodes or logos.
Original post
See al_borland's original post on Hacker News → (Aug 25, 2026)
Sources
- al_borland on Hacker News, Aug 25, 2026 — the original post
- ChatGPT pricing — checked Nov 1, 2026