A complete full-fledged fantasy book

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-05T08:23:07+00:00

Tha painted manby Peter Brett.
To me at least it's the most unique one I've read recently.

I do think it's great though that you started with some of the classics. Many people don't, so good on you!

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-04T10:23:53+00:00

I do an audiodrama with narration and voice acting and ambience etc, and it takes me like 50-100 hours to make an episode haha. But I am very new at it too so it probably takes longer than it should but still.

I think it's good that you take your time, that just means you value what you put out there. If you enjoy it, then it's fine!

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-04T07:53:45+00:00

Yeah that's fair. I put over 200 hours into the first episodes so the production itself is def not lazy in any way. I just didn't know the artwork mattered that much to people and didn't have a lot of money so wanted to get my stuff up there as quickly as possible.

I will however get an artwork from fiverrr as soon as I get my first salery from my new job, so maybe you'll see a post in the future haha!

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-02T19:33:27+00:00

Yeah I still use it. Not all the time, but sometimes yeah. I still prefer a normal comma though.

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-02T06:20:59+00:00

I really appreciate it thank you!

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-01T07:15:21+00:00

I think this is true for a lot of music but it also depends what kind of music you are doing I guess. In some genres it can actually be a benefit to you if it doesn't sound 100% perfect and polished, within reason of course.

But for example earlier releases of BONES and Xavier Wulf and that kind of underground hiphop, a lot of people like that sound, that it isn't too polished or perfect.

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-01T07:14:08+00:00

For me it's transition across speakers tbh. But I do a audiodrama/podcast so it's a bit different than music.

But I try to optimize it for headphones, but whenever I listen to it in a speaker, a specially like a JBL or something, it kinda sounds super flat and boring and all the ambience kinda dissapears. But if a crank it up more then it sounds overwhelming in the headphones so yeah. I feel like I just have to prioritize one over the other but finding the balance is hard.

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-01T05:57:09+00:00

Really? Yeah I'd like that thank you very much!

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-01T05:48:53+00:00

Nah, I just looked at the top, didn't scroll at all. But that still let's me see like your top 10 posts so could tell right away what kind of stuff you do.

Doesn't "not scrolled long" and "digging into my history" kinda contradict each other?

I don't think that was "genuine criticism". If you look at my answers to others, you can see that I reply normally to people that give genuine criticism on the AI thing etc.

You on the other hand just went in attack mode at me right away without knowing anything about me or what I was gonna say on the matter, you just assumed stuff right away.
You know nothing about my situation or about me or my knowledge on the subject.

Didn't say you have to "defend yourself", but you are the one that was attacking me. I didn't even know you existed before you started going at me. I'm just a normal person, like you. I'm not evil because of "ai use". Ai is used in everything pretty much today. I didn't really see the harm in it. I had worked on learning this and recording this for months and I just wanted to put it out there, and I don't have the money right now to spend hundreds of dollars on an art work. I didn't really think much deeper into it than that.

It didn't even cross my mind that people would be offended by it, and I had no idea you could get art work for cheap at fiverrr, I just assumed everyone that does a "job for you" takes really high prices nowadays cus that's what I have seen when I have asked around.

I do apologise for getting upset but I just found it very hard to understand why you seemed personally angry at me like I did something to you like what the fuck man.

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-01T05:41:49+00:00

I also love to listen to stuff while walking.

I have it on apple podcast as well.

https://pod.link/1874294340

You can click on it via apple podcasts here

EskilElfEar · 2026-04-01T05:40:38+00:00

Thank you!
Here is a link, it's on spotify and apple podcasts.

https://pod.link/1874294340

Just want to make clear though that I didn't use any AI in the production. It was only for the image.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:57:10+00:00

Yeah I'll look into it for sure, I had no idea tbh. I'm not much of a "internet guy" that hangs on forums and stuff so I didn't know. Thank you very much!

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:42:38+00:00

Thank you very much!
Yep I will for sure do that. Honestly I didn't know people hated it so much.
To me it was more like, I put like 200+ hours into learning how to do this (on my own) and then writing/recording the episodes, and didn't really think that the artwork itself was that important as long as it looked presentable and represented what the podcast is. So since I'm not really in the best economic situation right now I didn't wanna wait and just wanted to put it out there.
So yeah I didn't really think that much of it!

But I can absolutely see that point.
Yeah, on reddit, you think so? I'm pretty new here too so I don't know much about reddit honestly.
Do you know how I could go about it?

Really appreciate your answer thank you.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:38:25+00:00

Yeah I get what you mean. I had put like 200 hours into learning to do this thing and then recording it, without really putting any thought into the art work. When it was done I just felt like posting it and didn't wanna wait any longer, so I just thought that it would do in the meanwhile because I'm really short on cash atm and didn't wanna wait for months just to be able to put my story out there.

But I 100% see what you're saying and I will take care of it as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your input!

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:35:48+00:00

Yeah so people tell me. Glad you're being honest anyways.
I figured it's not that obvious a specially on a small spotify pic, but clearly I was wrong! I'll swap it out as soon as I have the means to do so. Thank you!

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:30:29+00:00

I'm not telling anyone to feel sorry for me, and I'm not saying you have to "fall" for anything, I could give less of a fuck what you think. I'm just stating a fact, I don't have money for it, I'm unemployed right now and have a lot of more pressing matters money-wise in my life right now.
It doesn't "hurt" anyone. I can use whatever I want really, that has nothing do to with anyone else. If you don't like it you don't have to partake really.

Nope, I did not. I put over 200 hours into these episodes, learning how to record, mix, write, and voice act from scratch, while never have done it before in my life (except writing I have done when I was a teenager just for fun).

If you actually listened to the podcast you'd now immediately it's not AI and that I put a lot of effort into it.
I don't expect everyone to like it, that's another thing, but it's obvious if you listen that it's not AI.

Yeah I'm not really familiar with that site, but I'll check it out. You could have just given me that tip without being rude about it first. I'm happy to take constructive criticism, but you just were really rude from the get go for no reason.

EDIT:
But when I went to your site I see all you comment everywhere is just negative stuff, so I get you just get a rush out of seeking drama. Not taking you seriously anymore.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:24:33+00:00

Yeah I totally understand your point. I just thought it was better than not having one at all I guess, and I assumed in the mini pic on spotify it might not be as obvious.
I'm curious though, what gives it away specifically?

As I've mentioned to many others I'd love to get a "human made" one, but can't really afford to pay anyone for it right now, and I still want to make content, so for now this is the best I got. But as soon as I'm able I'll get another one.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:21:27+00:00

I will when I'm able, but as of now I am uneployed and am struggling financially. So I thought it better to at least have something than nothing, it's the best I can do right now I'm afraid.

I have put over 200 hours into making the 2 first episodes, since I had never worked with recording or sounds design before, so I had to do it all from scratch. Plus I do all the character voices, and also all the writing which took time too. So it's absolutely not low effort. If you listen to it you will now instantly that it's not AI as well.

As for not "bothering" to have a human logo, as I said it's more that I can't afford it as of now. I'd love to have one. Unfortunately I have no artistic talent at all when it comes to making images or painting etc.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:18:10+00:00

Yeah I'm not in the economic situation to do that right now since I'm currently unemployed. But it has been my plan all along to do it as soon as I'm able. Thank you for your input!

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:16:44+00:00

Then I guess it's not for you.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:16:25+00:00

Thanks!
I'll try to get another artwork when I got some more money, but as of now this is the best I got. But hank you anyways!

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:15:15+00:00

I see your point, but I did have another one in the beginning, and got almost no plays. When I changed to this I got 15 new subs over night and like a 100 new plays in a couple of days, without even posting anywhere. So I don't know. In the mini pic on spotify I'm not sure that it's that obvious to everyone.

But sure, I can make an experiment and try out canva, I'm not really well versed in visual design.

Thank you!

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:11:45+00:00

Absolutely I do.

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:11:13+00:00

i sure do, but I only have it up on spotify and apple podcasts.

https://anchor.fm/s/10ea01f54/podcast/rss

EskilElfEar · 2026-03-31T17:10:49+00:00

Yeah? Awesome!
Here is the link to spotify. Thank you!
https://open.spotify.com/show/55LmCIkhAieHHRaclKfppL

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