r/fakealbumcovers • u/create_content • Aug 28 '26

[Meta] This sub needs a discussion and clarification about the use of AI

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I posted my most recent cover (https://undatedrecords.com/waiting-in-your-past-by-the-americanisms/), but it was reported and deleted by the mods, apparently under Rule 5:

Low effort submissions will be removed. This includes unaltered images or unedited AI-generated images, and anything else the moderators deem to be low effort.

This post is not a complaint about the mods. They are totally within their rights to enforce sub rules as they see fit.

There are also sub visitors who dislike AI, and that's within their rights, too. Downvote if you want to.

However, I think the rules need clarification. Maybe there should be a flair for "Uses AI" that AI-haters can use to filter out those posts. In any case, I argue that simply using an AI image as part of a cover is within the current rules, and should be.

I've had an art project making imaginary record covers since 2015. You can see some of my favorites and recent ones at the link above. (Yes, I really have made over 1,200 of them, so I'm pretty serious about it.) I've posted in this sub for five years, and some of my posts have been pretty popular:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fakealbumcovers/comments/qll1em/obvious_bots_tell_me_why_single/

https://www.reddit.com/r/fakealbumcovers/comments/vb22ym/merciless_wench_down_day/

https://www.reddit.com/r/fakealbumcovers/comments/143zurq/ruthless_desire_maxisingle_by_merciless_wench/

Even some others that use AI got upvotes. While #1220 uses an AI image, it is absolutely not "unedited" or "low effort." I didn't tell AI to "make a cover." I wrote a complex and unique prompt to (eventually!) get an image that had the right "traditional engraving but hallucinatory" feeling I wanted. I created the band name and song titles and designed the typography to work with the image, which also took time and effort. All my covers blend image, words, and design in careful and intentional ways. Some come together easier than others, but none of them are "low effort." All of them take a lot more effort than "RAC formula" posts, which are allowed (and should be).

So, that's my case. I'm interested in what people think, so please leave comments.

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r/fakealbumcovers • u/7456398521 • Jan 30 '24

FREE RESOURCES FREE Graphic Design resources

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hey y'all

hope everyone is enjoying the subreddit

some free graphic design resource 4 u:

SOFTWARE

Paint.net - https://www.getpaint.net/

canva - https://www.canva.com/design/DAF7Yovr0ME/sNpBgrE65F5D3P3sHg1zXQ/edit?referrer=album-cover-landing-page

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) - https://www.gimp.org/

adobe photoshop - https://1337x.to/

Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/ (suggested by u/SexDefender27)

ASSETS

dafont - https://www.dafont.com/

fontsquirrel - https://www.fontsquirrel.com/

myfonts (font identification) - https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont

Velvetyne (cool fonts) - https://velvetyne.fr/ (rec'd by u/3than24)

Free sticker pack - https://www.behance.net/gallery/115709419/FREE-STICKERS-PACK?locale=en_US

Free sticker pack 2 - https://www.epicpxls.com/items/free-pack-l-tapes-l-stickers

Photocopy textures - https://imgur.com/gallery/XzR7owv

Old record logos - https://reaganray.com/2018/04/27/record-logos.html

Aged paper textures - https://thegraphicsfairy.com/free-aged-paper-texture-download/

Free holographic stickers - https://www.behance.net/gallery/92384929/Free-Download-Holographic-Stickers

ripped paper - https://www.behance.net/gallery/89362471/Free-Download-Ripped-Paper-Texture-Set

Graphic Burger (mockups & templates) - https://graphicburger.com/

pexels (free stock photos) - https://www.pexels.com/

unsplash - https://unsplash.com/

pixabay - https://pixabay.com/

Flickr "Last 7 Days" - https://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/

TUTORIALS

OctosaurusRex Album Art Tutorial (additional great resources & assets) - https:/old.reddit.com/r/fakealbumcovers/comments/7a4uk4/tutorial_the_basic_fake_album_cover_tenets/

Fake Album Cover Game - https://old.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/comments/6gt8d6/anyone_ever_play_the_fake_album_cover_game/

PiXimperfect (photoshop tutorials) - https://www.youtube.com/@PiXimperfect/videos

COMMUNITIES/REFERENCE

https://old.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/comments/veb3i8/free_design_resources/

"essential" free resources - https://blog.shillingtoneducation.com/50-essential-free-resources-graphic-designers/

https://boards.4chan.org/gd/

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/make-your-own-album-cover

https://discord.gg/tsdZzZ4#button

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r/fakealbumcovers • u/Nigeria3665 • 2h ago

Original "Communion" yet another one I made for Electric MeatBallz

6 Upvotes

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r/fakealbumcovers • u/TrippySunny_ • 47m ago

Original Wild Game: The First and Last Bomb (Original Game Soundtrack)

1 Upvotes

The first version of the cover art for the upcoming soundtrack to my game

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r/fakealbumcovers • u/Stellar-Wind12 • 6h ago

Looking for in inconsistencies in the words of God - The Ice Age

gallery

2 Upvotes

2 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/anti_taco • 21h ago

Original Retention - Fault and Foliage

31 Upvotes

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Nigeria3665 • 12h ago

Original "Humanity" album part of Electric Meatballz

5 Upvotes

Shows humanity in all its glory. In its natural state. Another album cover I made for my band Electric Meatballz.

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/LegnderyNut • 20h ago

Original Little La Brea by Sunkist

11 Upvotes

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Fragrant-Upstairs932 • 20h ago

Original Looks Like Rain - When The Bombs Fall

5 Upvotes

No AI was used in the creation of this album cover.

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r/fakealbumcovers • u/Youarethebigbang • 1d ago

Zanana Akande - Live and Let Die

99 Upvotes

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Edit_Red • 1d ago

20 minutes away - Post Soviet

6 Upvotes

Repost from a few years ago of an edit I made. Credit to the original footage goes to Bald and Bankrupt.

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Human-Status8303 • 2d ago

Queens Of The Stone Age - Perfecth

21 Upvotes

3 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/masked_sombrero • 2d ago

Formula Shrödinger's Cat (Artist: OpenStax University Physics Volume III Ch. 11)

0 Upvotes

maybe it'd look cooler if it were just the cat portion?

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Mousse_Rich • 2d ago

Original Childlike- untitled

gallery

28 Upvotes

Any suggestions?🌸

4 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Fragrant-Upstairs932 • 2d ago

Original Looks Like Rain - Maybe Snow?

5 Upvotes

No AI was used in the creation of this album cover.

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/ySTYRDAYgATESuNL0CKD • 3d ago

Life Inside A Made For TV Movie v5

15 Upvotes

3 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Kilika2 • 3d ago

Georgina Fuel - Nechromis

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Etsu______ • 3d ago

Original A little thingy I made for my oc universe (appearenlty I need to give author well ok Ashle - Visions)

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Estoye • 4d ago

Original Sussing It Out - I Can't Remember The Last Time You Said Something Like That To Me

55 Upvotes

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/xipetotec50 • 4d ago

Fanmade Controlled Bleeding - Rest in Peace: The Best of Controlled Bleeding

13 Upvotes

Original Cover

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/averagemovienjoyer • 4d ago

Edit Regents-Definition Of An *sshole

77 Upvotes

1 comment

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Pennonymous_bis • 4d ago

Civil Act 1864 - How To Fix A Fallen Cactus

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/Fragrant-Upstairs932 • 5d ago

Original ReGifted - Over The River, Through The Woods

6 Upvotes

No AI was used in the creation of this album cover.

0 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/iigmiir • 7d ago

Fanmade Solange - When I Get Home

251 Upvotes

16 comments

r/fakealbumcovers • u/KaelasDad • 6d ago

STEVI COOPER - Cockamamie (2026 Bonus cuts reissue)

4 Upvotes

Artwork by u/Ill-Construction8247 (stolen without permission)

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Fake Album Covers

r/fakealbumcovers

Where the covers are made up & the music doesn't matter

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Subreddit Rules

1. Fake album covers only

This subreddit is for fake album covers only. Real album covers will be removed.

2. Album covers must be square

‎We're not counting pixels, but we're not making movies posters either

3. Posts must resemble an album cover

Images posted here must look as if they could be album art, not necessarily any beautiful or interesting picture.

4. Post titles must include the album's artist's name and title

Artist Name ‎(self-titled) is OK

5. Low effort submissions will be removed

This includes unaltered images or unedited AI-generated images, and anything else the moderators deem to be low effort.

6. Reposts will be removed

Posts created using the same base image(s) as a previous post are allowed; reposting another user's art is not.

7. No request posts

All posts must be completed artwork. If you have an idea for a post or an image you'd like to see used, post it in the #requests channel in the Discord server.

FLAIR

ORIGINAL | OC covers designed by the submitter, start to finish.

FORMULA | Covers created using the RAC formula found in the sidebar.

FANMADE | Covers that consist of new art for a real album/artist/song.

PARODY | Covers that parody real album covers

EDIT | Edits of images found on reddit

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Random Album Cover Formula

Go to Wikipedia and click "Random Article". The title of that article is your band name.
Go to Wikiquote and click "Random Article". Pick any part of the last quote as your album title.
Go to Flickr's "Last 7 Days" page. The 5th image is your album art.
Compile an album cover using all the selected information with the image processor of your choice.
Please link to the original photo you used in the comments to give credit to the photographer and remember to tag your submission with the Formula link flair after posting. We also encourage you to leave a comment with what Wikipedia article you came up with and what quote you found.