Cover art

[aadler]

Artwork here for the title page and story page of “the Uncanny Valley”, my fic for this year’s summer_of_giles.

Comments

[cornerofmadness]

that is really cool art

[aadler]

Thank you. I tried some new techniques this time through.

[cornerofmadness]

I liked it

[skargasm]

That is absolutely gorgeous!! May I ask what programmes you used to make that please?

[aadler]

I’m glad you liked it, this was something new for me.

I started out with the Magic Studio AI Art Generator here, and produced dozens of versions of the Giles side and of the Imogen side. From there, I combined the chosen images in — and edited using — PaintNet, mainly the layers features; then I pasted it into PowerPoint to add the titles and the texturing effect I went with. Then I copied all that and saved it in the plain Paint program that comes from Microsoft to make the final graphics file. (But I keep all the different portions in separate files in case I get other ideas and want to make further edits.)

[skargasm]

Thank you - I shall have a proper look tomorrow. I use paint.net but am always looking for new ways to improve

[skargasm]

Thank you so much for that - I'm having so much fun!

[accioawesome]

Could definitely see this on a fantasy novel cover, very cool!

[aadler]

And I thank you comprehensively.