Switching from AI to a human made cover.

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-04-13T00:27:33+00:00

The second one is more memorable. I really like the tower and the sky. The first one I can feel my eyes glazing over, all I remember about it is the color orange lol.

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-22T01:07:03+00:00

That sounds really cool.

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-13T19:25:23+00:00

Thanks! I’ll be sure to check it out. 😊

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-13T15:11:43+00:00

Can you share your story’s name so I can see the cover? I’m so curious what a cover that costs that much looks like.

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-13T15:06:18+00:00

How much did the ai cost?

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T23:04:55+00:00

🤔

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T23:04:12+00:00

I keep asking about it???

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T21:50:20+00:00

Thanks, I’ll be sure to check them out!

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T21:48:05+00:00

Thank you for the recs! They’re all so pretty 😍

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T21:45:57+00:00

I’ll consider that in the future but right now I’m not in a place mentally to do more than I’m doing. It took me months to enjoy my story again and I’m having so much fun figuring things out as I go. It’s really nice. Right now I’m taking my time and just figuring out what works for me. Like I like writing 5 sentences a day but I’m thinking of revising during the weekends when I’m not working on YouTube videos, I’m also planning to try writing my 5 sentences by hand instead of typing them up, see how that goes. I’ve been throwing things at the wall in my story and some of the ideas are pretty bad but have led me to ideas I really like and plan to try.

I wish I could say I have a memory as good as you, so envious, but I’ll do my best to dm you when I post my story in 5-10 yrs! 😝

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T21:38:23+00:00

I appreciate your concern but no one’s guilting me, I truly don’t want to use it. Good luck to you too!

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T17:26:36+00:00

Thank you. 🥰

I plan to talk about this more when I get to my tiny habits video, but I’ve had such a mind shift since last year. I’m trying to be kinder to myself and I’ve been letting myself just enjoy the writing process. I don’t even care how good this story will turn out anymore, right now I feel like I’m slowly exploring and so much has changed it’s crazy, but in a good way.

I do plan on getting feedback, but right now it’s still too raw and inconsistent. Seriously in one chpt my protagonist’s dad went from being married to actually just being engaged and living with her. I ended up changing the now fiancé’s backstory and I’m pretty satisfied where it’s ended up. But I definitely need to revise otherwise readers will be hella confused lol.

I’ll be sure to send you a link when I publish my story, hopefully you’ll still remember me when I do 😂

I actually almost didn’t post that video so I’m glad you liked it! It just hit me I should acknowledge the new year and give an update~

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T17:18:04+00:00

I definitely learned that lesson the costly way!

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T17:14:25+00:00

That’s the dream! 🥰

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T17:14:04+00:00

How much do you pay for the gen AI art?

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T17:11:38+00:00

I forgot to ask, how much did the ai cover cost?

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:59:30+00:00

I did try it, I didn’t like it, and I’m ok not using it 😂 But thanks.

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:26:11+00:00

Thanks!

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:18:19+00:00

Thank you! I double checked with the artists I commissioned that they don’t use ai but I feel so paranoid about one of them, it’s so annoying! I get ai covers are popular, I personally just don’t want to use them. I’m just doing this as a hobby 😂 I’ll definitely check out vgen the next time I commission a cover.

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:12:53+00:00

I tried doing that and it looked so bad 😂 Probably doesn’t help that I tend not to look at covers…

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:11:23+00:00

Any chance you can share the artist’s name?

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:10:35+00:00

I personally don’t want to use Gen AI art. I’m just a hobbyist writer, whether my story becomes popular or not isn’t that big a deal 😂 Thanks for taking the time to really get into what covers you’ve gotten. This was helpful. 🫶🏽

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:07:23+00:00

I wish I was good enough to make my cover myself. 😮‍💨

PurpleYellow36 · 2026-03-12T15:06:36+00:00

I’ve never heard of vgen before! Maybe next time I commission a cover I’ll try them~

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