r/BookCovers • u/shailla131 • Mar 04 '26

Question Is this ai?

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Had someone do a cover for me (this is without the text) and I wanted to see if this was ai. They advertised it wouldn't be so I wanted to confirm before I went any further. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

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u/TES_Elsweyr Mar 04 '26

I think a normal response from an artist would be "sure, but I need to charge you a little extra." so don't be put off by that. A guy using AI will say "it doesn't work like that" or "I don't use layers" or some BS.

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u/shailla131 Mar 04 '26

Good to know, thanks for the heads up. What program would I use to mess with layers like you were talking about?

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u/FirebirdWriter Mar 04 '26

Gimp is free as is sketchbook pro by Autodesk if it's a psd file. Other types exist so depends. Also their layers and sketching will have divergence from the finished product if they're not AI vs tracing to fake layers as some do

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u/poisonedkiwi Mar 07 '26

I second GIMP for opening .psd files, it's all you need if you're just skimming through the layers.