I have just finished writing a column on a request from the editorial staff of EE Times Japan.

Well, I can do writing. Drawings can be made. I can manage to develop the reviews I get into a conversational style.

The problem is the illustration.

The time I spend on illustrations has become uncharacteristically long these days.

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I looked into the recent topic of "having an AI draw a picture".

I have looked it up on YouTube, etc., but it is something different.

In my case, I want a picture that matches the content of the column, so from the beginning, the concept, the characters I want, and the composition are clear.

There is no need for beautiful backgrounds or various color effects.

It can be just an illustration with line drawings and colors on it.

However, the illustration does not turn out the way I want it to.

It is very frustrating.

If I didn't have to be extravagant, I might be able to create (x draw) illustrations faster, but I want to be extravagant.

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Recently, a few young researchers have been showing up here and there to draw illustrations of light line drawings with a little bit of color in company documents.

The material with its line-drawing illustrations is terribly compelling.

I feel like an idiot for having worked so hard to describe the system configuration diagram.

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There is a crowdsourcing service online that will draw illustrations for you. Prices are generally reasonable.

I think you could ask the person who provides that service to create an illustration of my column, along with a draft of my column and my wishes.

However, I want to continue to make the illustrate of my columns with my own hands.