Updated thumbnails

 there is a very long explanation as to why this is done, you can find it here

There is the original banner if there is any, the banner I took down, - and the large one is the new banner I uploaded. The list on the left side is meant as a guide to what components I used in the new banner, - it's pretty crude, but just to give you a general idea. 

SCREENSHOT: it can be mine, or one from any official page where the game is available

ORIGINAL GRAPHIC: this means the original banner, or other official graphics from the game PR

STOCK PHOTO: this is any royalty free photo from either BeFunky, or Canva.

CLIP ART: this can be any clip art from Free-Pik, BeFunky or Canva

MY OWN AI: this is AI graphics I custom prompted for the banner, from any model.

As I said, it's not because I'll never make AI thumbnails again, - it's point one because I think some of my thumbnails are really bad, - but also because I wanted to get rid of the random AI thumbnails. To me there is a difference between something I made specifically for this thumbnail, and edited with other stuff, - it's actually super rare I make anything you could consider as 'pure AI', because most of the time I will edit it with other stuff like stock photos. 

However, I can't promise you that none of the clip art or stock photos are made with AI, I don't know. So I can of course only be transparent about what I KNOW is AI, - and seriously man, I don't download other peoples AI stuff for this, - if I use AI i make my own. That is kinda like half the fun for me, - prompting the stuff that will be edited into the banner.

Another reason is because I don't want my personal opinion about AI to reflect on the devs, and as you can see here in the image below, when I searched some of the games, my thumbnails came up in the search, - that is why.  - And because I want to counter the fucking hate, and so I decided to be 100% transparent, when I use it, and what it's used for.  And habibi, I don't really care if you 'feel' I could do something else than make an AI intro or image, - because truth is I like making it. But what I love the most is the image editing, I always make AI graphics with a purpose, it's supposed to blend with something else, - it's very rare you'll see me upload something AI which is not edited and incorporated in something else, sometimes another AI image of mine, sometimes something else. 

Now, the screenshot here is not an image I made with any AI, but it could have been. And that is, - as I said. One of the reason I am revising a bunch of my thumbnails. Also I am hoping to show people that, just because I also use AI sometimes, doesn't mean I always do. I actually DO know how to edit stuff, and you can trust me when I tell you, that none of my banners (or well the new ones) would ever just be some random fucking AI graphics.  Does that even make sense to anyone but me?

There is a whole bunch of these graphics that has desktops, so go check that site if you want to see if there's something you like. - and those few thumbnails with AI, they are not here, but at the other blog which you can find through the 'ai content' link on the front. 

I also made a couple of alternative versions, and those I will upload at some point here on this blog, - I haven't decided where and how yet.  This list is ongoing, and I will just upload something when I have something.

i honestly feel like my old thumbnail made more sense in regards to the theme of the game

i honestly feel like my old thumbnail made more sense in regards to the theme of the game

i honestly feel like my old thumbnail made more sense in regards to the theme of the game