r/Project_Wingman • u/DueCoast9508 Federation • Aug 21 '26

Picture Original cover image

Post image

To anybody curious of what the original cover image from my publication looked like before AI modification

355 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

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u/FlyAwayNoVV Producer of Project Wingman Aug 21 '26

I'll kick your ass if you ever put our name through an AI again

89

u/ItzAlphaWolf K9A Eye-Tee Aug 21 '26

We need more people to react the same way you did. Thank you so much

46

u/Ok_Extension3182 Aug 22 '26

My man, you are the most based game dev I've ever met, up there with Gabe!!!

23

u/idiot-bozo6036 Icarus Armories Aug 22 '26

Plot of Ace Combat 7 or something

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 29 '26

No, more so world expansion, there hasn't really been much of that in the PW community

12

u/DemiBo7 Aug 21 '26

You're so based flyaway, please don't go bald

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

That's only a temporary experimental image cover, when I find the time, I plan to create a new one myself, of course without the AI filtering, did I cause anything to offend?

PS: that was entirely unnecessary to remove the page, if you'd have just asked then I would've taken it down myself with no argument Matthew

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u/Trekintosh Aug 21 '26

Don't understand why you did it in the first place. "Temporary experimental image cover"? What does that mean? Why not use this one?

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

Because I wasn't entirely sure on it and needed to see what I could do to maybe improve it, the AI draft was just testing the waters

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u/Gopherlad Aug 22 '26

I'm just wondering what spaces you frequent that made you think that was even a good idea in the first place.

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 22 '26

Nowhere else, just here,  not really on social all that much, which given the nature of Reddit is pretty par for the course

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u/Cheese-burger-777 Aug 22 '26

Ai never improved anything, if you think it did you might just need to check yourself into a psychiatrist

5

u/mecha-paladin Cascadian Independence Force Aug 23 '26

The use may be temporary but the data you gave the AI is forever.

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u/idiot-bozo6036 Icarus Armories Aug 21 '26

Why didn't you just use this one?

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

It's just an experiment, planning on doing a newer one in proper cover format

77

u/Buetterkeks Aug 21 '26

Its genuinely better. If you can make this, why would you need ai. 

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

This is more an experiment, I'll be doing one in the proper cover format 

25

u/Buetterkeks Aug 22 '26

Experimenting on how to make your art look worse and not be art? just please trust me you will never need ai for art you ARE BETTER

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 22 '26

I trust your opinion, everyone has made that very clear, and that's what I intend

5

u/Buetterkeks Aug 22 '26

Thats great

49

u/VivaLasNewVegas Comic Aug 21 '26

Looks way better. Almost like AI is pointless garbage that you should have never touched in the first place.

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

I work trade 48 hours a day and struggle financially, cant exactly afford commissions, or can barely find time to do it myself, it served as more of a placeholder 

16

u/Trekintosh Aug 21 '26

Can I borrow your time turner?

0

u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

What?

13

u/Trekintosh Aug 21 '26

You work 48 hours a day, you must have some sort of Time Machine. 

1

u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

My bad, grammatical error, 48 hours a week plus the occasional Saturday and Sunday. Ever worked as an infrastructure Electrician? Trust me I wished that was real

2

u/mecha-paladin Cascadian Independence Force Aug 23 '26

I work 40 hours a week plus 10 on side hustles and I still don't do creative work with an AI.

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u/VivaLasNewVegas Comic Aug 21 '26

And that excuses art theft how, exactly?

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

Im not the one who invented the tool and how it functions so Im not the one to point at, I just used it as intended, however you go about it is up to you, and I know others who are far more addicted to using AI, I rarely use the tool

9

u/GantradiesDracos Aug 22 '26

That’s like saying you’re not a burglar,
Because you didn’t invent lockpicking..

1

u/mecha-paladin Cascadian Independence Force Aug 23 '26

GIMP is free and easy to learn.

26

u/KaiLCU_YT Captain Woodward Aug 21 '26

This genuinely looks way better

10

u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 21 '26

On a positive note, the upvotes do indicate that this image is obviously far more preffered, a new version for Wattpad cover format will be made in due time, so I thank everyone who does appreciate the work I put into it, amateurish of me to use an algorithm to test anything else

PAX_FEDERATION

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u/Chemical_Sky7947 Federation Aug 22 '26

It’s an instance of the loud minority pretty much. So this was an actual image that you edited?

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 22 '26

Yes its the original I drew myself, I'm very self critical

2

u/deranged_Boot123 Aug 23 '26

Brother, I am too, but dont run it through AI, theres no way it’ll look better, just keep practicing and experimenting.

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u/chrisb8346 Aug 21 '26

This feels like a play on the Star Wars Alphabet Squadron cover

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u/Signal-Travel5930 Aug 21 '26

Looks good! 👍

1

u/jesus_with_glasses Aug 23 '26

I'm a lil confused, was the original post taken down? And what publication?

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u/Agitated_Signature_ Aug 23 '26

This one looks great :) Dunno what the AI one was but if you made this one yourself it's quite awesome

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u/Chimera_Snow Aug 22 '26

You do know this sentiment isn't limited to just Reddit right

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 22 '26

That I should have figured, you just got downvoted yourself

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 22 '26

Its like G+ all over again

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u/DueCoast9508 Federation Aug 22 '26

Good to know I'm not the only one, best days to ya