If you ignore for a moment that generative image AI will most likely utterly decimate the digital arts industry, it's kind of refreshing to see artistic expressions without the usual Tumblr degeneracy. It only took a blanket ban on explicit sexual content to accomplish this.
I suppose it'll crop up again when the usual suspects(Tumblr degenerates) manage to circumvent the ban on sexual content, but by then AI image generators may be good enough to create 'deep fakes/undress simulacra', removing the demand for illustrated pornographic content altogether.
Another factor of influence is that a new and different demographic is tinkering with artistic expression (through AI.)
I absolutely love making my own shitty AI art. I've even started getting into the hang of training focused models. My stuff is absolute shit compared to what many others make. Still love it.
I love it too, problem is my computer doesn't have the graphics card to make fine tune the images that come out within a reasonable amount of time. When I get a decent computer eventually I'll start delving into it further.
How big are you trying to make it? With a 2060, I'm mostly making 960x640 pics upscale 1.2x, rendering is complete in under two minutes.
I'm using Easy Diffusion, but my computer does not have a dedicated graphics card so it takes like 5 minutes for anything that's not microscopic.
What software do you guys use?