There are so many generative AI tools for creating game assets now, you don't really need to become a good artist.
https://www.rosebud.ai/ai-game-assets
Coming soon https://unity.com/products/muse
https://www.rosebud.ai/ai-game-assets
Coming soon https://unity.com/products/muse
Every time I’ve played with AI generated art it’s like rolling the dice for any given image or single peace.
Then I ask for another, and I get something completely different that would never fit with the first piece…
A game requires some level of consistency across the assets.
AI> Design me some game graphics that look similar to Mario Bros, except instead of the main character being a plumber, make him an electrician and instead of having a brother who is a plumber also, give him a sister who sells stuff on Etsy.
But prompting with things like, "Return all future images for this chat in the style of x" help.
You're not just going to be able to say, "Create all my artwork for my game" but prompting and honing in on something is easier, imo, than learning how to create that artwork yourself.
If you do something like pixel art, you can also get a rough draft from dalle then do some editing yourself. Again, it isnt doing everything for you but its significantly easier and faster than learning how to be an artist yourself.
OTOH, there are lots and lots of tools to improve controllability. Still, though, tricky for most game assets (though inprovements are being made by leaps and bounds) beyond static illustrations/icons.