has this changed? because you yourself have opened up the possibility for fan art to become part of the game back when you introduced that channel on Discord:
"READ THIS: This is the channel for fan art submissions. We will accept 2 forms: 1) Full PNG of the background and art for people to view. 2) A PSD you would like to see in game, reviewed by our artists and deemed of quality for them to edit."
it is obviously your call, but if art is one of the limiting factors time-wise why not make use of the creative swarm intelligence?
Some stuff is as good as the real deal:
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