[RHSeeger]

> our DM has been utilizing Midjourney for character tokens for the bad guys

I don't think, in all my years of role playing, I've _ever_ seen an image of one of the NPCs in our stories; at least outside of the rare store-bought adventures. Or, at least that I can recall, an image of _anything_ in our campaigns. Everything was verbally described.

I wasn't even aware people generated pictures for home-grown adventures/campaigns.

[itishappy]

When I was playing (about a decade ago) we made heavy use of static images. A few people drew their characters, others pulled images from online, and our DM would always flash an image of whatever boss we were about to encounter. These were all intended to be rough approximations, and were typically shared with deviations, e.g. "my character looks like this guy, but he uses a staff instead of a longsword, and he has a lot more hair!" My girlfriend plays with some artist friends, and they regularly doodle their character's escapades.

Art is nice. Customized art is nicer. Also, it's interesting that (as you note) it's far from universal. My group would likely have enjoyed using AI art for our campaigns, but my girlfriend's groups have completely rejected it.

[RHSeeger]

That is pretty cool, thanks. I haven't been able to roleplay in a number of years but, if I can get back into it, I will certainly be making an image of my character :)