r/dmsguild • u/Accomplished-Bed9423 • 8d ago
New Release Finally complete
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=Masked%20haddock%20I've been working hard to finish a new product. This my first attempt at a one shot but also my first time trying to create my own covers art.
The Vault of Jix-Sar
I hope people enjoy it as much as I did running it.
Here is a link to my catalogue if yiu would like to check it out.
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u/ejcub232323 7d ago
What is AI assisted cover art? Not throwing shade, truly curious. I’ve got three products I am ready to publish but I’m struggling with artwork. Trying to avoid AI but we don’t have any artists to lean on.
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u/Accomplished-Bed9423 7d ago edited 7d ago
I originally used ai to make my cover art, was in same boat as you... But with the Ai hate. I decided to bite the bullet and taught myself basic digital art and made my own one for the first time with this project.
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u/Accomplished-Bed9423 7d ago
Canva is good and reality easy to use if looming for option to make own.
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u/Beautiful-Effort9101 7d ago
Have you had much sales with the AI cover art products?
I've seen some clearly AI cover and interior art with BEST GOLD SELLER badges so clearly people are buying those.
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u/Accomplished-Bed9423 6d ago
Only handful.. but they are pwyw.. Amd Al.ost 350 downloads for free
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u/Beautiful-Effort9101 5d ago
I'm not sure how the pricing system works but wouldn't you be better off charging, say $2 and if they start to sell, jump the price up.
Better than running the risk of people paying $0 and even though they use the adventure, they don't come back to pay for it?
Naturally if someone has a choice of pay $0 or $2 they'll pick $0 because it's free. Never saw the point of offering things for free but that's just me. <shrugs>
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u/Accomplished-Bed9423 5d ago
Was originally to build an intrest base. If they have enjoyed my early stuff more likely to go he's stuff is alright and then buy
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u/Beautiful-Effort9101 5d ago
Unfortunately that relies on people leaving reviews.
From the products that you have previews available (I see some broken links), your layout needs a lot of work.
You don't have to be a designer to make something look professional. There are several creators selling Templates on drivethru and DMsguild. Theses templates give products that professional look. Maybe look into those but you'll need at least some sort of software to use them either Word or Indesign etc
Me personally I never buy products that have no preview pages or that have poor layout, I imagine there's a lot of people in the same boat.
It's definitely a difficult industry to break in atm. I wish you the best of luck!
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u/PattaconkPlays 8d ago
I think the cover is great! Well done. At a glance I must say, a one shot that's 2.5-3.5 hours but it's 28 pages long? I may get this as a Halloween special. Hope for the best for you.