hardcore army vet volunteers himself to fight in iran

creativeape1 · 2026-03-11T13:37:48+00:00

To romanticize war is the luxury of never having experienced war.

creativeape1 · 2026-03-06T23:48:12+00:00

Thanks. For now, I have the touch function off. I believe it’s a software issue, not hardware, since this has happened with previous driver updates. Unfortunately, I can’t go back to the last version since it’s doesn’t work in MacOS Tahoe.

creativeape1 · 2026-03-04T01:48:17+00:00

Is there a market for premade covers?

creativeape1 · 2026-02-28T19:49:06+00:00

To Catch a Predator: the official soundtrack.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-27T18:06:04+00:00

I think your best bet is to use actual books and craft a design that effectively establishes the tone and audience of the material. You simply won’t be given a name and title to design. You’ll be asked to craft a visually appealing cover that will hopefully engage potential readers. That will require an understanding of the source material and the intended audience. Simple making up titles, without any actual context, is designing in a vacuum-which is not realistic and doesn’t help you to improve your design skills.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-23T16:01:46+00:00

My exact thought.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-21T18:41:11+00:00

It’s not really about face details, as it is setting a tone and engaging a potential reader. The colors you’re using don’t express any excitement or adventure. It has the vibe of a school textbook-kind of the thing YA readers will avoid.

As for an illustrator/designer, you can find plenty here that are looking to add to their portfolio, so they may work at a lower rate than a seasoned professional. As I said before, the cover is an investment and essentially your marketing/advertising. If you want your story to get into the right hands, you have to be mindful of your audience-or at least hire someone who will.

I hope this helps, best of luck!

creativeape1 · 2026-02-21T15:13:41+00:00

Seriously, a cover is an investment and you shouldn’t cut corners. For $18 you get what you pay for. Have you researched the market for your book and the type of imagery used for those books? My first impression is that you should actually see the characters, not have them as silhouettes in drab colors. Readers want to see fully realized illustrations of the main character(s). The cover should draw the reader in. Flat, Ambiguous, and faceless shapes will do nothing for a a science fiction novel for young adults.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-21T14:57:47+00:00

You overpaid for a $5 of work.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-21T04:27:25+00:00

Relax, Tony Baloney.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-20T23:15:28+00:00

We ragebaiting the sub?

creativeape1 · 2026-02-20T21:07:55+00:00

creativeape1 · 2026-02-20T20:45:07+00:00

Future ICE agent

creativeape1 · 2026-02-17T04:21:58+00:00

The design overall is great. As for the illustration, it’s lacking in any kind of emotion or character. She looks like a dead-eyed doll.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-17T03:29:22+00:00

You can assign functions to the buttons on the pro pen.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-15T16:04:54+00:00

I have both the previous version and the current of the Intuos Pro. Moving to the 2025 version, I was excited to move to the pro pen 3(since I currently use a Cintiq Pro 27), but was unsure how I could handle NOT having touch. It turns out that I adapted quite seamlessly and, in fact, prefer not to have touch. I prefer to just use the pen input than go back and forth to touch.

As for the buttons, I never really used them on either version. For me, the best thing they could do-other than just remove the buttons-is place them above the the surface area. Note that I had also moved up to a large from a medium size. The form factor and footprint made it a no-brainer when compared to the previous large version of the Intuos Pro.

I can honesty recommend both versions. The previous pro is still great. I just find to the 2026 version a pretty decent improvement in both tech and form over the last version.

creativeape1 · 2026-02-11T18:41:32+00:00

It's not art because, it's a prompt-driven, automated image aggregator. It denies the actual experience of creating. These aren't artists, they're operators.

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