That is really crazy to hear... I have noticed a couple of recurrent AI-slop posts but I couldn't imagine that so many people are like that.
I have seen this add before but since I saw so many good portfolios here, I decided to not post mine. Since aparently that is not the case xD here you are my portfolio in case you are still looking for someone.
I am not the best pixel artist around here, but I am an artist which just wanna make fun and pretty games :) I do love metroidvanias, and even participated in a coupld of metroidvanias game jams.
https://bsky.app/profile/scostasr.bsky.social
If you are looking for a colleague (for a short or long period of time, doesn't matter), you can contact me here _scr_
I offer fair prices for indie projects like this one :)