Yeah but the thing with bouncing ideas with AI, or using it to help debug is that it never ends up in the final product. With art though? If I see an AI art capsule, I’m just gonna assume it’s shovelware and move on. If I see an AI Art asset in the game, I’m gonna assume it’s shovelware and move on.
I can’t explain why. I have an inherent distrust for AI art. It signals low-effort and a shortcut to try to raise production quality, even if a corner of my mind somewhere says “This is probably a placeholder” the majority goes to “Yeah, this game sucks.”