Fuck AI

I fucking hate AI art slop. I hate it.

But

This seems like a case where the authors are being punished for the bad behavior of their publishers. Authors have very little control over this sort of thing, and yeah, you can say "they should have chosen a better publisher" or whatever... but book publishing is an extremely crowded market, and authors aren't exactly spoiled for choice when it comes to finding someone to publish their work.

I think the publishers should absolutely be shamed and dragged through the mud for this, but let the authors compete. As long as there's no evidence they used AI to write anything, let their work stand on its own merit rather than judging a book by a cover they had no control over.

I can understand that this hurts for the authors, as they often have little to no say in cover design, but I also am not sad for this decision. The publishers or whoever thought these were reasonable book covers deserve to be called out for this. The authors need to find better publishers, or the company needs to feel the backlash from this shit, otherwise they’ll keep doing it.

Who am I kidding, Rothwell keep doing it anyway.

Wilson said it was also upsetting for the production and design team, who had worked hard on the books.

Angel Train's cover is literally plain, hard-to-read white text slapped on top of a slop image. What fucking design team?

Good.

As it should be. Basic drawing isn’t impossible. To learn, look at something you like, and copy until you perfect. Do it again with something more complex. Rinse/repeat. Then, take those technical skills and make something of your own.

If you think you aren’t physically capable, look up Chuck Close.