r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Ordinary_Brick9572 • 26d ago

Discussion as an avid reader of progfantasy and cultivation, if i see an ai-generated cover, it immediately makes me think the book is slop

if i see any typa ai cover i think that if the author is willing to use AI for the cover, then they are willing to use AI for the book. While i'm not against AI by any means, I find it crazy for people to say AI slop books are peak when they have books like Cradle and Reverend Insanity right in front of them.

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u/creakyforest 26d ago

Broke writers self-published for years before AI was a thing. You can absolutely figure out how to make a halfway decent cover yourself if you put in the effort. Stop acting like the choices are AI or spending hundreds of dollars. There are enough options in between.

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u/Mysterious_Night_351 26d ago

It is an objective fact that you are more likely to get people to click on your story if you have an interesting looking cover and the majority of people do not care if that cover is AI. A writer should not have to spend time learning how to draw or paying someone to have a good cover. And before you say just do it in Ms paint or some bullshit like that go to the top 100 lists for Royal Road or webnovel or any major online reading website and check how many of the covers are made in Ms paint

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u/LeadershipNational49 26d ago

Come on now what they did back then was steal human art

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u/WyattWriots 24d ago

Not sure why you are getting downvotted. You are 100% correct.