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How to Use AI for Indie Game Art (Honest Guide)
AI is a leverage tool, not a replacement. This is the honest breakdown from thousands of shipped sprites.
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Great: variation on a locked style
Enemies, props, tiles once you have one reference.
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Great: throwaway prototype art
Ship a demo in a weekend.
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OK: hero characters (with editing)
Style Lock + manual cleanup gets you 90% there.
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Skip: cutscene keyframes
Direction and staging still need a human. Use AI for backgrounds under the keyframe.