Hiya everyone! <3
Our progress is currently at approximately 21665 words and 7.3 chapters. While that may not seem like much progress to you, keep in mind that my goal is to break a 100,000 word count. SuperLuminal: Second Flight was 106,100 words, one of SuperLuminal's longest arcs. Since I have much to prove in taking up Suchan's torch, I need to aim to do better than that.
My confidence is currently high. I still suffer some depression here and there, so that DOES impact my writing, but right now, I feel like finishing this arc should be totally doable. What I'm always uncertain about is how good it will feel to SuperLuminal's readers. So far, with what feedback I have, it's been quite positive in terms of it having the same spirit that it always had.
AlliterativeArts, SuperLuminal's editor, is back for another ride, although he may have less time this time around than the last time. He has a great voice for Quinn and Black Angel, so I'm confident that they won't feel flat.
Anyway, I'm not my dearly departed fiancee' however hard I try. I know that I'll have some issues/flaws with various things. But I will do my very best to continue this story and finish it the way I feel that she would have.
Below, I've included a smaller version of the new cover that I'm thinking about going with. While Felicia, my oldest cover artist, already did a cover for Elodie Elegy, I feel that I need to break away from her as she did with me. Being as I'm a tiny bit good with typography and covers, I use AI to generate my covers, or have at least since Radiant Lodestar Aurora's. Tonight's was put together using Dall E 3.0 (Bing) with Krita and my own questionable artistic skill to bring the elements together into a single piece.
Should I go ahead and use this as my cover when I publish Elodie Elegy? A poll is included to gauge your reactions.
(Seems the word Elegy on the cover was a little off. I corrected that and updated the picture. Btw, if you have a different and very specific objection to the cover I put together, don't be shy! I'd love to know why!)
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It's pretty! Votes: 32 88.9%
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I think she doesn't look quite right... Votes: 1 2.8%
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I have a different and very specific objection... Votes: 3 8.3%
Thanks for the Update and that new Cover looks good
Thank you! I'm glad that you approve!
Looking good. Excited to read what you have come up with 👍
Always looking for beta readers. Those who are impatient should consider contacting me. This would require time and dedication.
Thanks for the compliments, PeanutGallery! Good to see you again!
@Rellawing Bit busy with my own project atm, but when i get some free time i will drop you a message👍
I have a specific minor objection to the ai art, which is just the general problem of ai art. The way AI art works is by being "trained" on other art,.and what that can mean in practice is that it steals small sections or ideas or other things from smaller artists that it was trained on. I'm really not explaining this well, but it's kind of a whole moral dilemma around AI and AI art specifically, and the idea of stealing ideas vs. Taking inspiration, and I honestly don't know what to do with this problem, but if you're using AI generated art it might be worth keeping this in mind
Edit: also really looking forward to the new arc
That's true, but remember that human beings learn from each other. Some find their own styles and create what could be considered original works, but in a world that's saturated with art, it's hard to come up with a truly unique concept, since we're formed by the literature that we most enjoy. Sometimes by education, but on some level, there's some overlap and thus while we write our hearts out, there's still a danger that there's some plagiarism hiding in there.
We shouldn't pick on AI for doing the same thing we do. Though they're not inspired per se, the feeling behind plagiarizing doesn't change what it is.
Anymeow, I'm glad that you're looking forward to the next arc, Deathpig9!
@Rellawing while that is true, an ai's method of learning has resulted in parts of watermarks being put on images because that's how the AI thinks the image is supposed to look like. AI do more copying then learning in the way we do as of right now.
@Deathpig9 The end result is largely the same, though. Maybe someday AI will be capable of learning in the way we do. That would be somewhat interesting.
@Rellawing I agree. The definition of AI is really tough, and a lot of what we think of as "AI" is actually machine learning. My own personal definition of AI is the science fiction one of a sentient AI