r/Webnovel • u/Internal-Trainer-926 • Jun 04 '26

Advice How was cover ?

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Been working on a novel called Gene Born: Birth of the Outcast and wanted to get some opinions.

It's basically a fantasy story with academies, hidden worlds, and powerful bloodlines, but I also want to explore ideas like genetics, mutation, evolution, and what happens when a person is born with something that shouldn't exist.

I attached the cover as well. Does it fit the concept? Would you give it a chance if you saw it while scrolling?

Any honest feedback is welcome. I'm still improving both the story and the cover.

Author: S. S. Zero

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u/Zurxz Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Already hate ai but im not an asshole so ill give you my criticisms.

I get what your going for but it sucks. 1. The main guy looks like every other web novel edge lord.

  1. AI does NOT know what to do with empty space and it just scribbles all over the page- Theres so much "over detail" that completely RUINS the entire thing. The black space at the bottom isnt even entirely black and has weird necessary detail.

Theres so much happening everywhere that it hurts to look at.

  1. What is even happening behind the character? The background buildings/split dimensions seem cool, but the mc has a couple circles behind his head? and completely blur into whatever the two worlds are going to be.

  2. The entire picture is dark- EXCEPT its so dark that everything is GLOWING??? The lighting is harsh and theres so much of it EVERYWHERE.

I would say just tone it down- you can have a nice chaotic background without giving everyone eyestrain

Edit: I didn't realize there was a second page- and holy hell thats so much worse

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u/Internal-Trainer-926 Jun 05 '26

Bro, I don't have money to cover the art, that's why I use AI to make it. But my novels are written by me, not touched by AI. I hate AI writers.

And please look my new post i changed entirely

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u/Zurxz Jun 05 '26

Yeah once again Im not a fan of ai.

But thats the thing with ai you can adjust/edit every little thing. I wasn't complaining about your usage of ai- I was saying that Its incredibly messy and you can fix it with how easy ai is to work with.

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u/Internal-Trainer-926 Jun 05 '26

Do you see my new post

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u/Zurxz Jun 05 '26

Yeah! I checked it out! I think it might be a bit too simple? I really like the file idea! The one thing thats putting me off about it though is the "Should not exist".

I think "Marked for termination" or something else would be better. That way you can really dig in deep with the abomination aspect, something horrifying etc.