# AI vs. human illustrators? AI + human illustrators!

DevFeed: [AI vs. human illustrators? AI + human illustrators!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-vs-human-illustrators-ai-human-illustrators-19779.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/ai-vs-human-illustrators-ai-plus-human-illustrators>)

Author: Travis Turner (richardturner@evilmartians.com)

Published: 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Evil Martians](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/evil-martians.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [design-for-devtools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-for-devtools.md>), [developer-community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-community.md>), [illustration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/illustration.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

Evil Martians describes replacing attempts at fully automated AI illustrations with a human-in-the-loop workflow. The blog editor handles the first mile, AI performs most of the work, and a dedicated illustrator completes the final mile to produce illustrations the team considers high quality.

## Source excerpt

Evil Martians went from attempting to one-shot AI illustrations to a human-in-the-loop workflow with a dedicated illustrator. When a human owns first and last mile of this process, illustrations are crisp, high-quality and fun. Go BTS of our illustration production.