The way that they morph from anime hyper-girlie to serious as I scan them from feet to head, is fascinating.

And they look incredible (despite all the gear impracticalities).

Hey ObsidianBlk, thanks for letting me know about your game! I hope to try it soon. It's good to hear that someone has used these assets!

Nope; IMO that's not a true statement, unless everything I've ever drawn is also a theft from every artist whose work that I have ever seen with my eyes.

Nonetheless, AFAIK, being AI generated does mean it is in violation of OGA's temporary AI policy (which I can't find pinned, but I'm sure that MedicineStorm will provide).

@eugeneloza Well, that all sounds like a whole lotta tedious rubbish that I am never going to do. Wake me up when AI can take care of that stuff for me...

@Danimal You're absolutely right about that commercial tactic, but Stable Diffusion (and other free models based on leaked versions of the commercial ones) are the spanner thrown into that machine. Wannabe monopolies can only hope to be able to race far ahead of the DIYers, and/or use lawfare and channel control to make it almost impossible to use AI art for anything without paying dues to one of the mafia dons. Both of those are possible but will be an uphill battle.

The second one is probably what I'd be going for in their shoes. You'll never be able to get on top of free hobbyist games through indie distro channels, but if you can lock down Steam/Store/Play/consoles so that nobody without a mafia seal of approval can get a look in, then anyone wanting to use AI art in a game and get paid for it has to pay you. 2 for 1 deal: artists are eliminated from the market, and game makers now have to pay you each piece of art instead, even though you never look at anything except the spreadsheets for managing the lawyers and the servers!

I also just noticed that the title of the thread was out of date before it was even created... The AI tools have already moved on to creating animated movies, 3D models, and 3D animations.