Pro tip the whole point is that it was made by an illustrator, and that's also the reason it's on the frontpage.

It's _better_ that the illustrations were made by an illustrator, but it still would have been cool and front-page-worthy if that hadn't been the case.

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vntok 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe the reason is simply that it's a cool idea?

This is typically the kind of hacking project that is preposterously non-economically-viable for 99% of homelabbers, let alone regular folks. Now, for the first time ever, AI is making it actually palatable for everyone who wants it done to have it done... and certainly much cheaper too at an equivalent quality level.

	▲	KZerda an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Commissioning art like this is at most a few hundred dollars. As was posted elsewhere, there are lots of young artists that need to pad out their portfolios, as well as artists in places where the cost of living is significantly cheaper. This isn't a multi-thousand-dollar thing that only the 1% could afford.
	▲	orphea an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm sorry, I have a hard time understanding you. Correct me if I'm wrong, are you saying that 1. paying an illustrator is non-economically-viable for 99% of homelabbers? and 2. AI would have done it at an equivalent quality level?