book covers – Moe Lane

Thread of the Day, You Get What You Pay For For Cover Art edition.

You gotta spend the money. You gotta spend real money. You just do.

Advice from a designer with 25+ years professional experience:

1. Take your writing seriously enough to spend money on a pro artist & designer. Seriously. Find covers you love, find out who made them, get in touch, and pay. Professionals cost, but they’re worth it.
— MattOnBooks (@Matt_On_Books) November 23, 2023

Tweet of the Day, I’m Doing A Twitter Poll On AI Art edition.

Let me establish, though: I hate the idea of using AI art for book covers and tabletop RPG illustrations. I’ve already checked with the artists on my current projects, and they don’t like using AI art, either. So this isn’t some kind of fig leaf, or anything. I don’t jump off a cliff just because everybody else is doing it, either*.

I am curious as to just how much people really care about this issue, though. I may be having an intemperate response. Hence, the poll.

AI art for book covers/TTRPG illustrations. Do you care?
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) January 23, 2023

*I believe that I have demonstrated this on occasion.