They will just create/steal/borrow/bribe/underpay people who make styles and pretend the (a eye), did the thing then mix and match, tests to add variation and say look it learned... unless they have donated brains in some building underground or something, i doubt they can "generate/script/program" and (a eye) I wouldn't…
This step-by-step is great! Very informative and the characters all turned out really well. What do you mean by replacing the masks with gradient maps? I haven't done much handpainted stuff yet.