I have AI gens I made before there was a script of img2img.
AI art hasn't really evolved since the days google collab actually didn't use credits and you could use the gpus for a month for 9 usd.
It has been polished and the pictures are better, but the fundamental process is the same.
It took me less time and effort to just learn to make disney traditional, pixel art in HD and 3D animations by hand on blender and pixelover and Krita, than AI being usable for my needs.
AI shit still gets wrong the compositions, since is trained on millions of picture without good composition.