I am a broke college student who couldn't possibly afford a semi decent artist, hence this entire thing.

Ive recently been introduced to a debate about Ai generated art which is not only cheap, but quite good if you know how to use it properly. Not gonna lie, the images are fucking amazing.

example...

[https://mj-gallery.com/fdb61283-34b3-4d8f-af89-34afd49e8aa4/grid_0.png]

This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.

Holy shit that is nice...

but then comes the issue of well, its not really a person making it and its generated through the amalgamation of billions of photos organized in a way that a 'prompt' had laid out to it. To be honest, it makes no difference to me. But I do tilt in the direction of the amazing art to add depth to the novel itself. But it not being there does not really change much to be honest from my perspective.

it's the readers perspective that changes heavily and is given a morsel of what the world I am attempting to build may look like (including characters).

The poll is below.