Personally, I love the new feature of AI generated images for the blog. I think posts look better with images. However, they look even better if all images are of similar style – something that cannot always be achieved with photos even if I use the same filter/special effect. I’ve now added images to most blog posts. A notable exception is the entries about my novel’s main characters as I don’t want their images to differ from the book illustrations.
Why use AI in the first place? I can draw but… I can draw either living creatures or scenery. I can’t put the two together as the proportions never look right and I can never replicate the image I have in my head anyway. I’m a storyteller. I can describe what I see but I cannot draw it. Santagora, my book illustrator, can and I admire her for that. Me, I use a pen for writing.
I found the AI image generator feature to be fun, exciting and great for producing something quickly. Most of the time I’m impressed but there is room for improvement – when it comes to faces, AI often makes the eyes look dead. And, if the eyes don’t look right, then the whole picture doesn’t look right.
Journals of the Undead 