Chris Raroque

I'm now seeing a lot of people using AI for illustrations.

This is now becoming a more common theme.

So to stand out, you will have to either be really creative with how you're generating these, or again, I would recommend commissioning an artist, getting some sort of first version done, because then at least you know it is unique.

And it's actually cheaper than a lot of people would think.

I think you can probably get an artist to do a very first version for you for like $200, $300 or something.

And then obviously once you have the actual mascot, you can make infinite iterations just like I did.

It does have some shadow, so it's definitely not fully 2D.

I think it was a little closer.

It has some depth.

I think what I would do is I would say, just follow the same vibe as the original image.

Yeah, and let's just see what it does here.

Typically, I do have to do this a few times.

So I think to get the ghost mascot, I think it took maybe like 10 to 15 different prompts.

And I think I had to tell it things like, can you make it less cartoonish?

Can you make it more cartoonish?

Can you remove these elements?

So we'll see what this comes up with.

I've never actually tried 5.1.

This is, I think, new as of this week.

So I'm kind of curious how good it is.