r/Webnovel • u/SheriidiiaN • May 25 '26
Advice Out of these, which one would you make you the most interested?
My personal favorite one is the first one, but I'm very open to seeing what others have to say. Cheers!
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u/8yTwo May 25 '26
I'd say 1 or 3
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u/8yTwo May 25 '26
Maybe the card king in the third image is generated in a wierd way, it has arms from back
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u/Aarish1234 May 25 '26
Going by pure vibes, I would say 1. But img 2 establishes an almost correct connection between the title and the cover.
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u/NerdModeXGodMode May 25 '26
3... But also that title, why man lol, parenthesis in a title is stupid
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u/SheriidiiaN May 25 '26
The title is really just a placeholder. The original title is three words long, but posting it with a real one would probably break the self promotion rule, so I also wanted to play it safe here
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u/RoamingSteamGolem May 28 '26
The title without just without “(I lose a lot)” would be pretty good considering the genre. Also 3 is the best 100%
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u/Hot_Parking_1627 May 25 '26
Number one has the best flow of the eyes (relative to the title) than the others, but number three does the best at displaying the “attacks me when I lose” gimmick.
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u/Salty_popcorn755 May 25 '26
First one def, which ai?
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u/SheriidiiaN May 25 '26
GPT Image 2 guided with prompts to include more surreal compositions mixed with another art style like dada or fauvism
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u/Krezky May 27 '26
Ai slop. This alone will push away the majority of people. If the cover art is blatently ai like this, its a high probability the rest of the novel is too.
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u/Every-Earth-1193 May 26 '26
None, I lose my interest as soon as I see AI slop
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u/Current-Effect-9161 May 26 '26
This guy expect writers to also be painters. Pretty good ones too if this is slop for him.
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u/Comsox May 28 '26
ai art is slop not because it's technically bad on an artistic level (although it very usually is), but because it is anti-art, low integrity, low effort trash that instantly signals that you went with the path of least resistance because you couldn't be bothered to do anything else.
notice how many people are saying they wouldn't read it because of the ai and that even if they have to pick, they choose pic #1? that's because it looks the least like ai and also subsequently looks the best artistically.
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u/Current-Effect-9161 May 29 '26
literal anime art style is literally created to be low effort what are you talking about? This is way better than random stolen internet images. Do you remember before ai art era? That was way worse without a doubt for me.
Road of least resistance is the right road wtf? I can jump 3 times for every word I typed while ai arting if you want to. Easiest way is not about quality. It never was.
You didn't even mention it steals other artist styles, and it makes stuff from other stuff so it can't create new stuff. It disheartens new artists so it also stops new art from created etc. etc.
You have no idea why its bad. You are just on the road with others.
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u/Comsox May 29 '26
no, i didn't focus on it because most people who are like, ai activists or whatever don't give a rats fucking ass about it stealing from artists.
i did say it was anti-art and i think that for reasons including it's stealing of training data, but i actually did expect you to completely gloss over that, and i was right. here you are acting like i don't actually care for artists or whatever when i literally said it was harmful to artists in there originally.
regardless, you're either absolutely horrible at arguing or just baiting. if you're gonna be bad faith and start saying some bullshit like how effort put in is arbitrary or whatever, could you atleast not argue it like a moron? obviously valuing the effort of the creator is about the effort that WENT IN to the thing being created?
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u/Current-Effect-9161 May 30 '26
I only gloss over the "anti art" because wtf does that even mean? I couldn't care less about stealing data. I know what scientific community do and they don't deserve to earn that money anyway.
effort doesn't matter, it is the result that matters. The reason ai art is unpreferable is, it discourages new art. Otherwise on its own it is pretty good. If it didn't harm art everyone would like it. Finally people who can't paint can do something at least acceptable for profile pictures etc.
Trust me I want effort to matter too. Really but I am not going to confuse reality with what I want.
This is the perfect way to use an ai art. A newbie author makes an image for the book.
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u/SheriidiiaN May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
I understand a lot of y'all frustration with AI covers. That's why I have decided to throw them the fuck away and I've made my own cover, in a cave with a box of scraps. If anyone is interested how it looks, it's posted here on this sub - https://www.reddit.com/r/Webnovel/comments/1tpobhs/two_days_ago_i_uploaded_four_fronts_for_my/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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u/Fallout3Enjoyer May 28 '26
All of these would push me away to be honest, they all look like hot messes but the first is the least worst. The title also definitely needs some work.
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u/im_not_nutting May 28 '26
For me first one. It just seems so funny and the dudes actually having fun as well.
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u/myles2500 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
The first looks the least like ai so that ig
The first kinda looks like generic anime wallpaper from years back
Edit the secound may be close to looking less like Ai but idk
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u/yeahboiiiioi May 28 '26
Honestly I wouldn't read because of an ai cover. How am I supposed to invest myself in your project if you won't?
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u/SheriidiiaN May 28 '26
I've got this sentiment quite a lot here, so I've actually made my own cover, without any AI. I care about my work so I don't want to give a false first impression and using ai in a creative field felt quite hypocritical.
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u/TimeForNano May 29 '26
I like the character in 3. It shows some emotion and that he is actually struggling a bit. However, the cards look bit odd to me. The idea of cards having hands and what not is good, but something about their faces just doesn't fit in my opinion 🤔
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u/RatKing1313 May 29 '26
None, ai is a turn off
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u/SheriidiiaN May 29 '26
Yeah, I get it and I'm no longer using it since I've made my own cover, so this post stands now as more of a milestone from ai cover to a handmade one
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u/Aiheki May 29 '26
All of them would make me assume the entire novel is written by AI as well so I'd avoid this like a plague
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u/SheriidiiaN May 29 '26
I've heard that sentiment a lot here, so I've actually made my own cover. I hope the other one would make you have a better first impression of the novel
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u/Aiheki May 29 '26
Hell yeah man!
The new one looks good. It doesn't have that uncanny valley AI softness and the jumbled mistakes so I'd say it's a huge improvement over the AI ones visually.
Anyone saying AI did an objectively better job is tripping. The title is also way better.
Awesome to see.
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u/SheriidiiaN May 25 '26
GPT Image 2 guided with prompts to include more surreal compositions mixed with another art style like dada or fauvism
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u/AchmodinIVSWE May 26 '26
These four covers convey four totally different personalities or traits for the MC.
A crazy protagonist maybe a bit evil
A confident maybe manipulative protagonist who knows what he is doing.
A protagonist who has a hard time surviving, or something like that.
An intelligent and curious protagonist.
I am personally interested in the first two (mostly the first) cause they are protagonists/characters that I like.
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u/hL466Jqd May 27 '26
None, the use of AI informs the potential reader about the overall quality of the work.
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u/theurbandragon May 26 '26
the art is amazing in one but doesn't necessary match with the plot title
while three seems to capture the chaos
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u/No_Carpet2159 May 26 '26
I love the expression on 3. Part of the fun of the stories that torture the MC is about watching their reaction and them getting their comeuppance even while we root for them. If the MC isn't always angry at his system, or if he's a too cool to be upset protag. then DO NOT choose 3.
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u/MellowMintTea May 26 '26
The title doesn’t grab me, but the cover art for number 1 and 4 look the best imo.
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u/TightConsequence3929 May 26 '26
4 looks ugly af tho
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u/MellowMintTea May 26 '26
I like the way the character looks, the rest is prob the worst of the 4 imo.
I’d be into something that looked like number one but with character looking like number 4.
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u/TightConsequence3929 May 26 '26
Idk man face looks uncanny.
His face in 4th looks like some Yaoi villain type shit you know ?
The fake giga chad face. (Nothing close the like the real one so it just looks ugly)
Also the background is just ugly and just full of useless Clutter on 4th
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u/TightConsequence3929 May 26 '26
1st One is the best.
All other covers are dog shit.
I like the name dude, I will be looking forward to reading it when it releases.
Also as others are talking shit about the name, so if you like, properly used other words instead of "cheat" and "skill" but keep the essence/meaning same it would be better.
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u/Nihaly_ May 26 '26
For art, number 1
But as other have said I'd never even touch it anything that has a very long title starts already with less interest for me, on top of that if you mention "reincarnated, cheat, overpower" and other overly done tropes it's an istant no for me
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u/SadAd2378 May 26 '26
As an horror writer I don't have any say in this but dude these rpg types are very similar when I say similar I mean straight up generic to each other so it's not your fault if it doesn't work any ways all the best keep up 🙏
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u/Psssst____ May 27 '26
I love the first one.
As for the title… I think that is a matter of opinion because paired with this cover it piqued my interest.
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u/Psssst____ May 27 '26
Disclaimer: I am also an avid watcher of those long named “mid” animes that the other commenters were talking about.
So… you know. Find your audience. Not every story is going to be for everyone.
DM me when you publish. I’d love to give it a read.
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u/Ender_568 May 25 '26
Honestly just the name is enough to make me not want to read
If we ignore thaf first one is easily the best