In the process of looking for some artists to commission to replace a lot of the AI art placeholders on my site. It’s probably going to be a slow progression as I’m going to need to save up money. It’s something I’ve been really wanting to do for awhile now, and haven’t because I either haven’t had the money or I’ve been busy with other projects. But I have a little bit of money to spend now and I really want to invest it in supporting real human artists to bring my vision to life in a way I’ll feel really good about. So for now I’m starting with my character/NPC portraits. I plan to get a single bust portrait for each character with up to 4 different facial expressions so they can be dynamic in various interactive dialogues. Once I get all my NPC portraits done, I’ll move on to finding artists to start replacing the various backgrounds across my site. By the end of it I’d love for it to be 100% artist illustrated.
AI has been an incredibly useful tool to create these placeholders and aid me in providing a solid visual of the vibe I want my site to have. But now it’s time to transform it into something more authentic. As much as I’d love to create everything on my site myself, I’m a designer, not an illustrator. I can sit here for hours designing various aspects of my site, planning, creating buttons, logos, etc. But I can not draw. That’s an area I just don’t have the skill or the patience to learn and get good at, so I’ll leave that to the professionals. I can’t wait for this next phase of evolution for my site. ♥