Would you read this solely on the cover and title?

ElijahRyne · Oct 19, 2023

The Beholders’ ‘God’

N0xiety · Oct 19, 2023

Bro, just run that cover through AI or something idk. Well, the title does garner some interest at least.

Tsuru · Oct 19, 2023

ElijahRyne said:
The Beholders’ ‘God’
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No?

Why the question though? (curiosity)
Isnt it obvious most wont ? (as anime culture is now more mainstream, even chinese authors use anime covers, even using famous IPs' related pics)

Story_Marc · Oct 19, 2023

No. I feel if someone presents stuff like that, they aren't worth my time because I doubt they care about my experience as a reader.

Tsuru · Oct 19, 2023

N0xiety said:
Bro, just run that cover through AI or something idk. Well, the title does garner some interest at least.

(Relook)

Oh wow XD
Now that you mention, i agree on this point

So i guess its 50% success

Story_Marc said:
No. I feel if someone presents stuff like that, they aren't worth my time because I doubt they care about my experience as a reader.

O_O
10/10 Logic

Edit :

Perfectly phrased, concise, well thought logic
Perfection

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TotallyHuman · Oct 19, 2023

PeacefulMyst · Oct 19, 2023

Domoviye · Oct 19, 2023

God no!
Sorry, this would actively make me skim past it. Better to go with no cover than this.

Here are links to pics that I got in 2 minutes from an AI generator using fantasy and horror. The anime setting added a human to the mix, and I'm not going to mess around with it. I tried to attach them, the forum wouldn't let me.
While not perfect, they would attract my eye and make me want to read them.
"African mask, black wood, purple outline, blue circles on cheeks, blue eyes. Held by a clawed hand"

Fantasy: https://app.artflow.ai/my-creations/277af04d062a46e08d7175c039e8603d
Horror: https://app.artflow.ai/my-creations/cfff6235beec487ea6fb02904f254b34

georgelee5786 · Oct 19, 2023

Yea because it strikes me as funny

Corty · Oct 19, 2023

If I'm on shrooms, yes.

Sadly, I don't do drugs.

J_Chemist · Oct 19, 2023

I would not.

greyblob · Oct 19, 2023

would not touch it with a 3m pole

TheKillingAlice · Oct 19, 2023

Let me be honest: No. My eyes wouldn't even acknowledge it.

Generic.Archdemon · Oct 19, 2023

Would you read this solely on the cover and title?

No, I won't, I don't judge a book by its cover.

Iamnotabot · Oct 19, 2023

I wouldn't read it even if my wife point a gun to my head, it's a no from me.

Underload · Oct 19, 2023

is it an evil god? Perhaps, a corny one. I'm not really interested in a normal person trying to become a god story right now. But if the story's about a god trying to create gods to lead a rebellion against other gods... now that's juicy!

ACertainPassingUser · Oct 19, 2023

It's simply too ugly

The coloring is even worse, it simply overshadowed all the effort that went through the work itself.

Putting it into My phone filter editor didn't work, the coloring is that bad.

I have tried Changing the Hue. It doesn't work well, it retain it's ugly coloring.

Turning it into B&W massively reduce the effect of Horrible coloring.

But the unskilled design is simply there, despite the effort

I also tried putting the B&W result into filters from my phone's gallery image editor. The "Vintage" filter shows a glimpse of potential.

MintiLime · Oct 19, 2023

I would 1000% read this. Looks like a story about goblins forming a cult, with the said goblins drawing the cover.

The AI stuff just strikes me as unoriginal and generic. I’m Sorry, anime dude #bajillion isn’t catching my interest.

I understand the reason people run things through AI, and if you want to, go ahead. Just be careful to preserve your original idea.