Not what you're probably thinking.

One of the issues when writing is visualizing one's characters. For some, this is easy, for others it's more of a challenge, and for some like myself we have this need to be able to see our character concepts outside of our head and in reality.

Until now, unless you were lucky enough to possess some skilll with drawing and related abilities your only option was to retain the services of an artist who'd take very specific work-with-you Commissions.

Expensive to say the least and very challenging to find such artists, and scheduling, etc..

I do my own writing and editing. I won't hand the reins over to AI, ever. yes, I do retain Editing Services and Review services to check my work over as they will be able to spot errors I missed during my editing passes.

I'm good, very good, but no one is 'Perfect' and also an exterior Reviewer or Editor has the advantage of 'distance' as they are not the one who wrote the piece.
There's only so well a writer can be Objective about their own work, and that can handicap one when editing.

AI Art allows people like me to rough-out character concepts, get them out of the head and in front of our eyes. It doesn't like anything but to people like me, it helps to open the floodgates of creativity as then we have a better connection and grasp of the character.

There are those who disparage AI Art for many reasons, but what they often entirely ignore is that it is an incredibly useful tool in aiding creativity in and along many avenues. It's a tool, like a screwdriver, hammer, circuit-tester or word processing program.

One that people like me have found to be a door opening out into a universe we knew was always there, but had no way to access.

Below are the Conceptual Rough-Outs of two main characters in a work I'm dusting off and taking up working on again as I am nearly finished with handled the Re-Releases. They're Pixar-esque, and pretty rough, but for me they give me that 'Lock-on' so as to connect better with them and thus the quality of the storytelling will be better served.

Thank-you for reading.

~RL Blackburne