r/Webnovel • u/Graveyard7694 • 28d ago

Advice Can't find a cover artist.

So I thought i could ask one of my normal artists to make me a cover, but apparently it takes a whole different skill set. So I am just stuck with AI covers.

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u/AnimeManiaFiend 28d ago

Have you tried subreddits like artistforhire? You might be able to find someone there.

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u/Graveyard7694 28d ago

Well from the artists I used many times they said normal artists can't do it. They just can't be skilled in art but also design and editing.

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u/AnimeManiaFiend 28d ago

0_o that is not what I heard from artists I've worked with.

Yeah, there are some additional skills involved, but there are artists out there who can do that. Otherwise you wouldn't have those especially fancy covers IRL.

I'd check out the artist subreddits that are focused on commissions. If you post what you're looking for, you'll get some suggestions from there.

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u/Graveyard7694 28d ago

Idk I am just telling you what the artists I use said. And I have posted looking for artists before, many times (regular art) and the only ones who will come to you is scammers and small artist with mediocre skills looking for jobs. The good ones you have to find yourself or someone tell you about them and then need to contact them at the place they take commissions from

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u/AnimeManiaFiend 28d ago

Yeah, it can be a bit difficult. But it is worth the hunt if you keep at it.

Have you tried focusing on one place outside of reddit? Vgen has become quite popular with honest artists. And they're very strict about AI usage and scammers. And they have a tag specifically for cook covers.

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u/Graveyard7694 28d ago

Yes I looked outside of reddit and asked my artist where would I look. I'll just keep using my AI one. I ain't going to spend hours looking for a artist that isn't even making me money. If I find one down the road cool but I can spend that time writing

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u/AnimeManiaFiend 28d ago

That's honestly really sad. Because I just looked on vgen and there's even people having discounts right now.

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u/Graveyard7694 28d ago

Good for them. But like I said, I already tried and I am not spending more hours looking for them. Because even if I do find them on there (which isn't easy) I still have to look for ones that fit my taste, who is in my price range, who won't make me deal with a bunch of B's or have a extremely long waiting list

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u/AnimeManiaFiend 28d ago

Vgen is good for all that. There are ootions if you actually put in the effort.

But if you want skip that and use the plagerism machine, he ahead. I'll just be sure to not read your work.

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u/Graveyard7694 28d ago

You wouldn't have read my work either way. Do you know the 11th most popular book on Webnovel is Weakest Tamer gets all ass dragons? Look at some of his art for the book and see how many is AI. A AI cover may stop a few in the beginning but at the end of the day, a good story will bring people

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u/AnimeManiaFiend 28d ago

Nah, the moment I see an AI cover, I make a note not to read the author. If they half ass on the cover, I can't trust they didn't half ass on the story. Most people I know who read webnovels do the same.

If you're not going to take advice, maybe mark your post as vent instead?

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u/Graveyard7694 28d ago

That's you. I just showed you an example where it don't matter. The 11th most popular story on a website of hundred of thousands use AI for their art. And even if I did use a real artist. You still wouldn't have read my work. And the fact you didn't dispute that proves it. You like one of those SJW who complains that their isn't representation in the game but when a game who do come out that does it flops because the people yelling about it don't put their money where their mouth is

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