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Look, all I wanted was some cute kid art for where my grandkiddo takes a nap at my house. What do I find? AI slop, corporate characters, and beige everything. Beige balloons, beige elephants, beige rainbows.

I shopped local retailers, discount stores, online and Etsy. AI slop, slop, slop. "we use hand drawn art and only use AI to finish and make it better" <--no.

I found one artist on Etsy who said she hand illustrates and uses Procreate to digitalize. I looked up Procreate and as far as I can tell, no AI. I bought the cute frog picture.

One little picture isn't enough to brighten up the nap spot, so I resorted to fabric panels. I found two that are adorable at my locally-owned cotton fabric shop. I checked the artists who designed them, and as far as I can tell, no AI.

Then all I needed to do was hem them and hang them up. Now the space is much brighter and cuter. But it shouldn't have been this hard. AI sucks.