Wow! Awesome stuff there, Darkglass. I've a feeling you are pretty used to herding cats if you can get an AI to cooperate like that. Most days I've got all I can do to keep Stable Diffusion from chasing its own tail. Or sticking tails where they really don't belong. ;-)

But yes, even mentioning AI gets one the equivalent of the Kiss of Death in some circles. Because no matter how good the work is or how much time and effort one puts into it, or how long one has spent in the traditional arts before adding this tool to the ol' arsenal, those people have already decided it isn't worthy and neither are you. 

So is it any wonder people aren't exactly in a hurry to disclose?