Yes it is true that style transfer just applies a known style to an existing picture so it could be considered as not producing original work (I should have cho

Yes it is true that style transfer just applies a known style to an existing picture so it could be considered as not producing original work (I should have chosen a better example), however there are examples of completely algorithmic generated art e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_art