A brief statement about The F Plus' use of computer-generated images in episode

[Lemon]

Today we released two episodes and a blog post.

Here's the blog post.

[sea hag]

Thanks, Lemon. For what it's worth I always thought the stock photos were clever.

[Lemon]

Today we released two episodes and a blog post.

Here's the blog post.

Share thoughts here if you got 'em.

[Sherlockian]

I appreciate knowing there's a policy in place! Is there a way for fans to offer taking on episode image duties?

[Lemon]

I appreciate knowing there's a policy in place! Is there a way for fans to offer taking on episode image duties?

That doesn't exist. I'd like it to, but two things would need to be considered here....

1. The current state of all our episodes (what we've recorded and when, and where each one is in the editing process) lives inside a collaborative Notion doc, which isn't publicly accessible. And I think it has to stay that way, so I don't know of a good place to mention "This episode has just been recorded, who wants to make a cover?

2. If it's just open to whomever, I don't know what the process would be for deciding who will do it and what the deadline needs to be.

In the case of an assigned artist, at least there's the idea that the editor and the artist could keep each other honest as far as "I've got my part done, are you done yet?"

So maybe the thing people would volunteer for is "I volunteer to be an artist for an episode, you tell me what episode I'm doing."

[Sherlockian]

So maybe the thing people would volunteer for is "I volunteer to be an artist for an episode, you tell me what episode I'm doing."

This is exactly what I had been envisioning tbh

[Deep 13]

So maybe the thing people would volunteer for is "I volunteer to be an artist for an episode, you tell me what episode I'm doing."

This is exactly what I had been envisioning tbh

Yeah, this sounds most logical. Otherwise I imagine the chaos of "okay everybody draw a title for an imagined future episode, pick a fetish and go go go!" Alternately people could contribute like images they've done in the past and give the F Plus permission to freely use them for episode images, but I don't know how many of those would actually be useful without the context of what the episode is.

When you get down to it, while I love seeing all of the episodes get title art, the important part is of course the audio. If you all get strapped for time and just want to release episodes where the art is literally just the F Plus logo and the name of the episode, that would be perfectly fine to me.

Otherwise, if it could be done with minimal frustration on your part, I think artists signing up to draw stuff for you would also be awesome, I'd sign up!

[Puppy Time]

As an artist, I've been inclined to give a pass to AI gen "art" on thumbnails for youtube videos and podcasts, especially amateur ones, since they usually have such a fast turnaround and low budget that it would be a miracle to find someone who can consistently churn out the necessary work for pocket lint and a stick of gum.

That being said, I definitely appreciate the ethical stance here, and I know a lot of artists are a lot less tolerant of AI stuff (for very good reasons), so I can only find this an overall positive move. 

I'd also definitely be up for being in the pool of available artists!  It'd be a nice way to keep rewarding one of my favorite podcasts for existing. :D

[Wolley74]

How hard is it to retroactively change an episode cover image after being pushed out? You could take submissions after an episode goes live and then pick the best art for the cover after some time frame and then put the rest on display in the fanart gallery

[vaMpiresoftWare]

I've started a project to create alternate artwork for all of the AI ones going backwards from episode 405. I have three finished for now.

I've got the XCFs (yes I use GIMP) and PNG exports on my GDrive here.
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[Antivehicular]

I've started a project to create alternate artwork for all of the AI ones going backwards from episode 405. I have three finished for now.

I've got the XCFs (yes I use GIMP) and PNG exports on my GDrive here.
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These are really good and you should feel great about making them.

[Lemon]

I've started a project to create alternate artwork for all of the AI ones going backwards from episode 405. I have three finished for now.

I've got the XCFs (yes I use GIMP) and PNG exports on my GDrive here.
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This rules. Thank you. Implementing now.

[vaMpiresoftWare]

Here's 402 to 400.

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[vaMpiresoftWare]

Finished another batch. This is 398 to 396, 392, 390, 387, and 381. I don't think there are too many left now. 380 and 378 look like the last two.

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[vaMpiresoftWare]

All done! I believe these are the final two but feel free to let me know if I missed any.

378 was straightforward and 380 was a challenge so I made two designs. The first is a bit more ambitious but I think the second one might communicate the topic better. All XCFs are on my Drive. I can also make any edits if anything looks jacked that I missed.

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