I personally don't care how placeholders are made but IMO it's better to make a 5-minute MS Paint drawings to avoid confusing people. Generated images too often turn from placeholders to final images used in the final game so players may be skeptical.
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Yeah, I'm not doing AI with IOP or TCON.
I'm willing to admit that: That's what's happening to OHYAD right now. It's cheap, consistently "satisfactory", and fast. I'm likely never going to get the money to make original artwork for the game, and I don't know how I feel about asset packs other than very uncomfortable. At least the music is mine!