AI Statement

Last updated: 17 October 2025

TL;DR

I’m a lifelong artist and author. I use AI as a creative tool for visual art (like a camera or Photoshop), not as a shortcut. I iterate, paint over, and hand-edit every piece until it matches my vision.

Who I am

I’m Camilla Vavruch—an indie author, designer, and artist who’s been drawing since I was a kid. My author business is pretty much a one-woman show: I write the books, design covers, create art, run campaigns, and handle fulfillment—while also working as a doctor and raising three kids.

How I use AI

• AI is my paintbrush, not my shortcut.
  On Cookies and Claws, for example, each item on the cover was created separately, then I did multiple rounds of generation, selection, and heavy Photoshop edits (re-lighting, repainting, compositing, texture work).

• Human-in-the-loop.
  I sketch, prompt, curate, paint over, color-grade, and finalize layouts myself. Interior art follows the same process.

• Traditional tools too.
  I use hand sketches, my camera, Photoshop, Illustrator/Affinity, and layout software. AI sits alongside those tools.

Before: the raw image from Midjourney. After: Dragon edited a lot, color correction, and a lot of details added, to get it to what I imagined it to be.

Copyright & licensing

• Ownership: Unless otherwise noted, final artwork and designs on this site are © Camilla Vavruch.

• Your use: Please don’t redistribute or resell my art. For press or reviewers, brief excerpts and a few images are fine with a link back. For anything else, just ask.

Questions?

I welcome thoughtful questions about process and ethics. You can reach me at camilla@camillavavruch.com.