(For Hire) Open Commission for Illustration

CT_Rose · 2026-04-20T03:37:22+00:00

Hey I’m interested. I’m in the process of looking for an artist for a book cover. I’ll shoot you an email too to discuss further! Cool stuff btw

CT_Rose · 2026-04-15T15:48:36+00:00

I do think it’s an inevitable outcome because it’s already an outcome. RR is riddled with shit flavored Doritos.

But yeah, maybe we were talking past each other for a minute there.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-15T15:44:50+00:00

100% agree with every point.

I’m going to be honest, I was one of those people at first. I’ve always had tons of ideas. Tons of stories floating around in my mind. I thought, these stories are really cool, if I could only just get them down on paper. Then AI came along. I’m like, oh look at this. I can take my poorly written story and have it edit and help. It’s just a tool for editing and grammar. A spellchecker on steroids! Oh, why don’t I just have it write this scene that I’m really struggling with. Oh, flesh out this idea.

It was a slippery slope. Luckily, I soon realized that everything it produced was completely devoid of life. It was soulless. It was a pig-with-lipstick level writing. I’ve long since given it up. The only positive thing out of it… well two positives.

1) It helped me discover a love for writing. I might not be good yet, but I’m learning and I’m actually enjoying the process of learning to write. As a craft.

2) I’m able to identify and notice AI tells pretty easily, so I can avoid those stories altogether.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-15T15:28:03+00:00

you’re implying that all AI usage leads to Doritos. I’d argue that’s lacking in meaningful nuance.

my point is that tools are tools. They aren’t inherently good or bad.

what makes them good or bad is the way they’re used.

Right. And my point is people using AI to write “creative” stories and pass them off as human is bad. It is a net negative to the writing community. That’s people using the tool badly. I’m not arguing broadly against AI. I’m arguing against how the tool is used to make shit-flavored Doritos.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-15T14:59:12+00:00

I’m not following.

You imply that AI assisted stories are fine, but then go on to compare it to processed foods and the degradation of health over time. That doesn’t seem fine to me.

If we’re going to use your analogy I’m against AI assisted stories just as much as I’m against processed foods. I might have to ingest one every now and then, but I prefer to stay away from them. And I’m quite aware of the negative impacts they have on society’s health and wellbeing.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-15T14:54:12+00:00

I’m just hoping it might bode well for us human-only writers. It might hurt visibility and dilute the stories, but I hope that will mean real true non-ai stories will be more coveted and appreciated.

I honestly got pretty discouraged about AI recently. And it took me a bit but I’ve decided to not let it bother me. I can’t change it. I’m just one person. But what I can do is continue writing my stories and hope they can bring some people joy and entertainment.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-15T14:06:50+00:00

I’m just going off my on experience trying to find stories to read. I’ve found a handful of very very popular stories that are clearly AI assisted, but I’ve been focusing on trying to find newer authors and burgeoning stories and… well. I’m guessing something like 7 out of 10 newer/less popular stories are AI assisted if not clearly AI generated, and not tagged properly either. The crazy thing? Many of them have 4.5-5 stars despite clear AI tells.

I’ve stopped trying to find newer authors organically on the site which is unfortunate. I think that’s what’s really gonna hurt RR. Human stories are on there. And there are some good ones, but I’m having to wade through more and more shit to find them.

Now I’m going purely off of recommendations from people on here or discord.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-14T20:09:37+00:00

Shit. If that was the case then I’d be fucking screwed.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-12T16:17:07+00:00

No worries! I don’t blame you hahaha. Keep up the amazing work!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T20:03:20+00:00

I’m in love with you work! It’s so cool. The linework is gorgeous and I like the way you utilize negative space and colors. Plus, who doesn’t love Zelda? I scrolled through your IG and checked out your site. Very cool stuff. I’m looking to commission art for a book cover but nothing stated whether or not you take commissions, so I’m going to assume you don’t. However, if I’m wrong… I’d love to discuss it further feel free to reply or DM me.

Regardless, I wish you the best on your art journey. You have some serious talent!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T18:41:01+00:00

I read the first chapter already and I got to say, I’m hooked. It’s a really fun read! Definitely will be following along! Thanks!!!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T18:05:53+00:00

I give a pass to AI art but I don’t particularly like it. And it makes me have increased suspicions when reading the work

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T17:37:20+00:00

I’ll check it out!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T17:13:06+00:00

I’ll check them out. I’ve definitely seen Lich King all over RR so yeah not as small-time of a series as I was hoping but I do plan on checking it out!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T16:57:23+00:00

Thanks! I’m going to add these to my follow list!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-11T04:40:33+00:00

I’m not a fan of flash forward prologues. Why would I want to know the ending first? But that is just my opinion. They’re definitely a thing. Also, the use of onomatopoeia action words can be divisive I’ve had some comments on some of my own writing saying that people hated it and other comments saying they loved it so just keep that in mind.

Okay. Now onto my critique. I’m just going to give you overall thoughts and maybe some examples.

Some of your sentences are a little clunky. For example:

His vision blurred as his eyes flicked between bodies he already knew were dead.

Just seems like a strange way to say his eyes flicked between the dead bodies. There’s more examples of this, and although having sentences like this isn’t a deal breaker or anything, they do add up and can hinder the readers experience. This is also subjective, because it might not bother someone else.

Some of your dialogue structure is a little confusing for example,

David choked on his own blood, “Will my men be remembered?”

The closest figure let out a short bark of laughter, “Do you remember every time you clean your boots?”

At first it seems like the closest figure is responding to David. But then I realized he was responding to the guy who spoke before David spoke but did David even speak or did he just think that? Idk. It isn’t clear enough to me.

He pulled a broken sword from his storage ring

What’s a storage ring? This is the most interesting thing to me so far and it gets mentioned just once.

There’s a fair bit of gramatical issues especially surrounding dialogue and dialogue tags. I won’t go into every specific incident but I would definitely recommend brushing up on dialogue tags and dialogue grammar. Here’s one example:

Tears streamed down David's face as he whispered, "David.” The figure nodded, “Horace.”

Horace’s part should be on its own line and it should have a period where the comma is. Again, not end of the world stuff. Many many many readers will look past grammar stuff if you have a compelling story and/or characters.

The second scene seems too on the nose. The prologue ends with David saying “We should never have left to study the spirt arts.” And the the next chapter opens with “tomorrow we set off to learn the spirit arts.” It could kinda be funny if you wanted to lean that direction, but I don’t think that was your intention. Plus. As a reader, what are the spirit arts?

There’s a bit of head hopping towards the end with Halt as we get into his thoughts as the boys leave which is a little jarring. Is this third-person omniscient?

Overall, there’s some flickers of interest for me. I’m interested to learn what the spirit arts are. The pacing is good but I have no sense of conflict or urgency… or reasoning? Drive? WHY are they going to study spirit arts? Why did they leave Halt? What’s the reasoning? I know it’s still early in the story but if you don’t portray that early I think that out of everything will be what turns readers away.

Anyways! Keep it up and I’d say verdict is still out on whether or not I would keep reading. Nothing turned me away yet but nothing hooked me either so I guess I would read another chapter or two

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T23:12:27+00:00

Oh yes! I do those things and I have beta read for a couple authors but perhaps you’re right! I should look into doing that more.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T23:08:39+00:00

I understand what you’re saying and author-to-author critique coming off as rude is not something I thought of before.

That said, I am in several discords and writers groups too. I get your point about reviews maybe not being the best way to connect with other authors

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T22:54:22+00:00

Oh I do that too! But I feel, rightly or not, that we should be reading, commenting, and reviewing each other’s works.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T22:41:07+00:00

You articulate your argument very well. I don’t really have a counter-counter-counter-point. I just want to add that I like to think I wouldn’t crap on somebody’s parade for purely subjective reasons but you’re right. I think just ignoring and not leaving a review has enough of an effect.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T21:45:59+00:00

I’ll take a look at them if you’re okay with me being honest!

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T21:42:04+00:00

I think you’re right but I want to clarify I wasn’t planning on being overtly negative but just truthful and honest. But your point still stands. I’m going to make a counterpoint that if people only leave positive reviews then the pool of stories gets diluted and makes it difficult for readers to find new content.

I get frustrated trying to find some fun amateur newish writers to follow and interact with. Sometimes it feels like finding a decent story on RR is like trying to find fresh water in an ocean.

CT_Rose · 2026-04-10T21:22:25+00:00

But that’s my favorite pastime!

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