I'm genuinely curious about what art assets the devs in this community are currently looking for. I'm referring to 2D JPG and PNG assets.

From what I've heard, people like two things: generic assets that could work in any project and large and diverse tilesets that one could hypothetically use to create an entire game with one cohesive art style. 

Regardless of AI, as game developer I need complete set of sprites for my game. When I say complete set, I need at least one for playable, multiple sets for enemies, some for obstacles etc, some sets for bosses. And each set must have sprites I needed for the game.

I couldn't find enough sets which suit my requirements.

Much like above: complete sets of sprites. E.g. player, enemies, a few types of terrain that all fit together.

Also say more people of color player characters.

I usually look for tilesets, especially modern American ones cause RPG Maker's modern RTP assets are based off of Japan.

Same goes for VN backgrounds that are modern.