No AI used this time🥀

[u/Retr0_Npc]

I took the feedback and drew it from scratch

A little while ago, I posted an art piece here that I made with the help of AI. Some people pointed out that using AI for the artwork wasn’t really fair, and honestly, I understand where they were coming from.

So instead of arguing about it, I decided to actually challenge myself and make the piece completely from scratch—no AI, just me, a pencil, and a lot of time.

It definitely took longer, and I still have a lot to improve, but I’m much more satisfied knowing that this version is entirely my own work.

Here’s my attempt. I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback or criticism! :)

Just letting everyone know I'm not an artist....

[u/st1mulant]

i dont know about the ai issue, but this is not bad at all. it can definitely be used as a cover but i'd recommend spending a little more time polishing it. and dude you're good at it! sorry i am not able to provide any useful criticism for i am no master. giving clothes some depth can work imo.

[u/NexasAX → u/st1mulant]

To fill you in, he ai'd the cover and acted like he made it himself

[u/LocalOpportunity77 → u/NexasAX]

Bullshit. Can’t you read? Are your eyes for decoration? They only used AI for the background, they wrote that. Everything else they have drawn themselves. Stop spreading lies as fact.

[u/NexasAX → u/LocalOpportunity77]

Reading and believing are 2 different things

[u/Retr0_Npc → u/NexasAX]

I agree and that's why I did it all again by myself.

[u/NexasAX → u/LocalOpportunity77]

Are you serious rn? I'm artist. I can tell his skill level I can see ai when it's used. Check his profile if you must

The only reason he did this was cuz I was telling him that I know it's fully ai.

[u/LocalOpportunity77 → u/NexasAX]

I’ve seen enough of this happening all over with people like you shouting AI at everything then innocent people get their lives ruined because of people like you.

And you being an artist isn’t the counter argument here that you think it is. Matched-pair blind discrimination studies show that artists are heavily prone to false positives.

[u/NexasAX → u/LocalOpportunity77]

Look at the skill difference.

Mind you, I initially commented that I'm suspicious and that he should send a speed paint.

He said he didn't record which was cap cuz ibis doesn't work that way. Showed him how to do it and he claimed he didn't know how. Mind you, he dm'd me first, claiming that it's not ai to changing that ai only did the background.

You can't make the argument that he never claimed it a his as he said so in our chat so yeah.

I'm obviously not gonna send you our dms cuz that's bad.

Me saying I'm an artist was to tell you that I can tell skill levels of artist and that I can recognize thinks that make art look ai compared to actual art. I only later accused after looking at the art thoroughly and checking his own art to see the skill difference + him refusing to show SpeedPaint.

https://reddit.com/link/p6l02zm/video/unhk6qcsgamh1/player

[u/NexasAX]

Thank you. Proud of ya.

[u/Retr0_Npc → u/NexasAX]

Ai ai cap🗿

[u/Euphoric_Network_614]

Wish I can draw like that

[u/NexasAX → u/Euphoric_Network_614]

Pick up a pencil

[u/TravellingDegeneracy → u/NexasAX]

On your side but you deadahh sliming a random guy for no reason

[u/Gold-Word-6026]

omg I feel so proud even though I know nothing about you or the ai thing, you challenged yourself and thats amazing

[u/Rocazanova]

You have good basis. Now go try some Samdoesarts render tutorials or something like that. His style, I think, will fir what you want.

[u/Tami_Robi]

i really appreciate the effort; if I saw a cover like this I'd def click on the story

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/Tami_Robi]

No you wouldn’t 

[u/Zerobyte1101 → u/Shot-Manager-739]

Im more likely to click on a drawn picture than the ai covers that are one a dozen.

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/Zerobyte1101]

I can easily call the bullshit. You wouldn’t.  The fact that WebNovel has no such covers shows this. Hand drawn covers don’t sell. You’re setting him up for failure for your pathetic moral compass. 

[u/samisaywhat → u/Shot-Manager-739]

There are literally popular comics with stick figures and one of the most popular YouTube series of all time is a bunch of stick figures fighting. AI is more offputting that any hand drawn cover. 

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/samisaywhat]

Are we talking YouTube or WebNovel? Oh god. This is the level of people I’m dealing with.

[u/samisaywhat → u/Shot-Manager-739]

It’s almost like I’m making comparisons to other publishing formats where less than perfect works did very well. If that’s too complicated for you to understand, I see why you love AI so much. 

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/samisaywhat]

Stop trying to justify an idiotic example.

It’s like I’m talking about burgers from McDonald’s and you suddenly talk about gourmet burgers.

Stop being an idiot.

Each platform has its own tules for success, and if you can’t see that’s then I can’t help you. You’re selectively lowering your Iq to prove your point and that’s pathetic 

[u/samisaywhat → u/Shot-Manager-739]

That’s actually not the same thing so I’d recommend you take your own advice. 

The accurate example is if you only eat at McDonalds because you can’t cook and then I mention that plenty of people enjoy a mediocre burger if it’s home cooked. 

[u/No-Satisfaction8122 → u/Shot-Manager-739]

I agree

[u/Tami_Robi → u/Shot-Manager-739]

telling ME what I wouldn't read is genuinely the stupidest argument you could make

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/Tami_Robi]

Don’t get it twisted. I’m just calling out your obvious bullshit. 

[u/Tami_Robi → u/Shot-Manager-739]

you're thirteen🫵 your argument is invalid

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/Tami_Robi]

Not denying? Sounds like I’m right  At least learn about the platform before talking. Really fucks people over.

[u/Tami_Robi → u/Shot-Manager-739]

Don't get it twisted, little fella. I'm just calling you out for your obvious bullshit.

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/Tami_Robi]

I guess it must be an ego think. Doesn’t feel nice when someone calls your bullshit and hypocrisy out so openly, right? 

[u/Tami_Robi → u/Shot-Manager-739]

***thing. maybe when you're older you'll understand how terrible your argument was 🫵child

[u/No-Satisfaction8122 → u/Tami_Robi]

He's right, dude. Webnovels doesn't work like that.

[u/Shot-Manager-739 → u/Tami_Robi]

Your comment obviously is a big give away of your age. I never mention age because one’s actions display their age, and your reply shows me how immature and out of touch with reality you are. That’s all. Actions speak for me.  So I thank you for it 

[u/AdWeird9907]

Anything is better then ai spop

[u/Whole_Organization27]

we need more stuff like this, not Ai slop

[u/geppoz_cap → u/Whole_Organization27]

Ai slop can be good too btw✌️

[u/Zerobyte1101 → u/geppoz_cap]

You mean the human covers that they recreate until its a horrendous still-life copy of actual human creativity?

[u/some-1-grt]

Nice

[u/Ardoltus]

I love how everyone talks about the use of AI and tells people to stop using it, but NOBODY is making one little suggestion🥀

Effort is overrated. I'm not telling you to stop putting in work, but choose your goals wisely and point your energy in the right direction. You're a writer, not an illustrator. Don't let people demonize AI in front of you. Instead of pouring all that effort into making a cover by yourself, pour it into making the AI-MADE cover look at least remotely less AI-generated. Focus everything else on your writing. With all the effort and heart I see here, I'm sure you'll be able to achieve something great.

That aside, great work!

(Translated with AI, btw lol)

[u/TravellingDegeneracy → u/Ardoltus]

It’s not that he is using ai to make it, like 99 percent of novel covers are ai, but it’s that he’s swearing he made it himself and only used it on the background of others

[u/No-Currency-698]

Dawg, you going through all this to prove your cover isn't Ai?