I’m not sure if you have explored any of the AI Art generation sites, but they are definitely interesting. I spent a little bit of time with the Skybox site developed by Blockade labs. https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/ You can start with a prompt with the Create New tab. I entered “Bee Friendly Flower Garden”. Once it generated that, I clicked on the Remix This tab and added on “cascade mountains in the background”. The result had some funky structures, so I remixed it again and added “no structures” to the request. There is a dropdown menu where you can choose from a variety of options including “Anime Art Style” which is what I chose for my output. I’ve attached the results.

It might be interesting to have your students come up with a digital background and find something to put into the foreground to create their own images. I tried this out using Google Slides by inserting my design into the background of the slide, and then searching for free images of bees and a beekeeper, removing the background of those images using the https://www.remove.bg/ website and popping them into the slide. Here is the result (nothing special, just a fun exercise J https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SQjeSitpgbgiuEBgrOpDjNlCrHmp96HibWnbvVEi9eY/edit?usp=sharing )

There is a fair amount of controversy regarding the use of AI to generate content because it is essentially a remix of what the software has found on the Internet, BUT the sweet spot seems to be using it as a starting point and “remixing” and refining the output into something totally new. That might be a nice challenge for your students.