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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 9646935" data-attributes="member: 326">The idea of just having Blank pages in place of the art feels a bit silly to me. I understand you'd like to see what percentage would back the Blank Page version BUT isn't it more likely people strongly against the use of AI will more likely choose not to back the project at all, rather than back the AI Free version, even though...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Multiple artists have already been paid lots of money</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any AI art has (to different degrees) been re-painted by a real artist</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm fine with adding Stretch Goals to commission new art to replace uses of AI art.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As to an AI Free version...</li> </ul>I mean I know GreatestHonor seems very keen on the Artist Sketch Edition version (I appreciate the support amigo) and I personally really like the idea myself. But the financial reality is that itself might even take £1000+ to get funded. So that might need to be baked into the Stretch Goals - which means if someone backs the Artist Sketch Edition and we don't reach that Stretch Goal and its not funded then what happens?I suppose hypothetically I could set the Stretch Goal that at £10,000 (or whatever - haven't priced it out yet) I will get the Artist Sketch Edition made out of the Kickstarter funding myself and then I can have that for sale on Drivethrurpg AFTER the Kickstarter. However, my concern with that approach at this point would be what happens if only 5-10 people end up wanting the Artist Sketch Edition costing £1000 to create and recouping £150-300 profit.I think for the moment at least - I'll go with Steampunkette's method of commissioning more art when certain Stretch Goals are hit. That seems the best approach.Following is Steampunkette's Kickstarter stretch goals:The most amazing thing I noticed from the Kickstarter was not the Stretch Goals but the $50 price tag for a 64 page book. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:"  data-smilie="10"data-shortname=":oops:" />However, just concentrating on the Stretch Goals (which seem to be from a base of 100% AI art) I think if I take a similar approach and say every £1000 after £10,000 commission a new art piece (to replace a use of AI art, starting with the least re-painted).Maybe if the Kickstarter somehow hit £25,000 (or something like that) an Artist Sketch Edition would be viable (now that I have considered the idea I sort of want to see it become reality)...But it seems a bit of a Catch 22...will people back a Kickstarter/Book that uses (some) AI art to fund a Version with no AI Art? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure    :unsure:"  data-smilie="24"data-shortname=":unsure:" /></blockquote>

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