estimate no. 0015 · design · custom art
Illustration / Digital Art
Custom character or scene illustration
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our verdict
Kinda
the reasoning
AI image tools produce striking one-off art fast, but keeping a character or style genuinely consistent across multiple pieces — and being sure it's not visibly derivative of a living artist's work — is where it gets shaky.
the prompt to rununverified draft
In Midjourney, describe the character/scene in detail (pose, style, mood, color palette). Generate multiple variations, pick your favorite, and use it as a style reference for follow-up generations if you need more than one piece in the same look.
what you give up
- Consistent character/style across a multi-piece project
- Clear commercial licensing and originality you can stand behind
- An illustrator's own distinctive style, versus a generated look
why people still pay
For anything needing the same character drawn consistently across a book, deck, or campaign, a human illustrator's consistency is still hard to reliably reproduce with generative tools.
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