What do I use AI character reference art for? Mostly as reminders of what the character looks like when I write a scene with them. Once I have completed a character prompt that will generate the same recognizable character at least 9 times out of 10, I start putting them in different situations. Minnesota lake. City street. Forest. Or I want different emotions. What do they look like when happy, sad, angry, or curious? Some models won’t generate negative emotions at all, while others will go the whole horror route if asked to. I recently started using the JuggernautXL 5 model that generates darn near realistic pictures. Very nice for character references.