unsplash.com this is the site i use for free-use pics. even if u dont use it for this, might be helpful/fun to mess with in general (they also dont accept any submissions that use A/I)

ive edited some pics for projects before:

close enough

weird situation lately where i am trying to "re-establish in-system communication" or whatever and im at the point where like. Talking Happens,
which IS an improvement,

but nobody knows who anybody is so its just like. the fucking Michael's in-store chat feature