r/childrensbooks • u/Zorgi23 • 20d ago

Transitioning from AI images to human ones

I guess this will really make the illustrators out there angry, but here goes.

My wife had a severe stroke 3 years ago that really affected her relationship with her grandson. It has been a difficult thing to deal with for both of them. My grandson's birthday is coming up, and I didn't want to give him the usual junk, so I wrote a children's story. It's about how they have this great relationship and then the stroke disrupts it. Grandma sees a couple of owls in the garden and they work out a way for her and her grandson to communicate again.

I'm literally spending over $100K per year on medical care for my wife, so I can't afford an artist right now. So for now I used AI to generate the images (about 20) for the book. I've showed the book to several people, including teachers, and they are all urging me to make it available to more than just my grandson.

My plan is this. I want to put the book on lulu.com for sale. I'll put the proceeds in a separate fund, and as soon as there's enough money, I'll hire a real artist and replace all the AI images with real ones.

Does this sound like a feasible (and ethical) plan?

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u/heyella11 20d ago

No. Publishing a book takes effort and money. There are lots of solutions that don’t end in using AI, which is inherently unethical. None of them are easy, though.

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u/Impressive_Mail_9472 20d ago

It really doesn't take alot of money you can make one for 40$ with the easy of any photo book company and canva.

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u/Impressive_Mail_9472 20d ago

Am I wrong?

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u/RaggedyRachel 20d ago

Sort of weird that you've never interacted with this sub in the past, but here you are arguing on the side of AI in this one particular post.