Messing with AI generated historiated initials. This is an incredible use case for me. I hate modern minimalist design. I love elaborate ornamentation. But I lack the skill to do it quickly. If I start blank with a sketchbook or Illustrator, one glyph will take like 1 or 2 days

Yes but it was pretty light touch I normalized them from 95% squares to actual squares, put them in a grid, and unified the 4 slightly different monochrome color schemes to 1