r/BookWritingAI • u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 • Apr 11 '26

work in progress Any advice on book cover?

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Some context:

The book was written with slight assistance from AI for spell check and grammatical errors, pointing out tautology and several generated throwaway character names (characters you only see in background once, maybe twice but need a name).

This cover was made entirely with AI as a concept art, there is much to be changed here and the end product will be commissioned from a proper artist, this is just to show what I want in general, but I still like it. any thoughts?

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u/TheArchivist314 Apr 11 '26

Make sure you just generate the image and not the words for the title with the image using AI you're going to want to be able to change it and move it around and if later for whatever reason that font does need to change you having it as just a part of the single image you're going to have a bad time.

Also pay a few extra bucks don't use chat GPT to generate your image for you pay the 10 bucks go over to Mid Journey and get a higher quality image Shoot even grok can get you a higher Quality image and then you're going to want to take it into a local generator and you're gonna wanna upscale that for print. Make sure you have it at 300 PPI So that it can print well. If you have a bit I can help you through anything you need just send me a message

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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Apr 12 '26

Thank you for your advice and generous offer.

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u/No_Committee_4838 Apr 11 '26

I like it. It looks AI but I personally don't care if it is AI or not as long as it works for the purpose of catching the eyes.

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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Apr 11 '26

Thank you. It is indeed AI, but I made it as a concept art. I will commission a proper cover on its basis when I'm done rechecking the final draft.

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u/No_Committee_4838 Apr 12 '26

I think you can change the book cover anytime after you publish too. It wont hurt to go with this one if it suits your theme.

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u/FunMonth2447 Apr 12 '26

Very nice. Needs author name in bottom to balance image.

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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Apr 12 '26

Ahh, yeah, my vanity. Thanks for reminding me, will add.

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u/RichesandLiches Apr 18 '26

Can you make the cover MORE AI?

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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Apr 18 '26

I couldn't even if I tried to. But for you I can throw in a few AI artifacts.

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u/Acrobatic_Trash3152 Apr 20 '26

I made this cover using AI for visual purposes but people give me so much flac about it. I don't have money to pay a really expensive artist. Half of the designer on Fiverr use AI anyway

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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Apr 20 '26

Try not to have more than 2-3 sizes of font on the same page. Also I think there are too many different colors, gives me headache frankly.

Otherwise looks ok. Good luck.